One mistake in Fox's X-Men movie franchise is actually great for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The MCU is starting to ramp up its timeline to introduce the franchise's original take on the X-Men. Before doing so, Marvel Studios is allowing some of Fox's X-Men characters to appear one more time. Evan Peters appeared as a version of Quicksilver — although not really the speedster — in the Disney+ series WandaVision. After that, it was Patrick Stewart's time to return as a multiverse variant of Charles Xavier in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
Now, Deadpool 3 is set to bring Ryan Reynolds' title character to the MCU full-time, and the movie will also see Hugh Jackman's Wolverine return for at least one more adventure. As the MCU appears to be honoring what worked in the previous Fox X-Men movies before Kevin Feige announces the reboot of the mutants, there is one character that is not currently set to appear in the MCU and who did not really get a chance to shine in the X-Men movie franchise. The mistake Fox's X-Men franchise made with its dashing rogue is great for the MCU, as Marvel prepares to fully embark on adapting the comic book mutants.
Why Fox's Gambit Mistake Is Great For The MCU
The X-Men movies are known for being home to convoluted timelines, and that is why the X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Gambit was played by actor Taylor Kitsch in the movie, who actually gave a decent performance as the character in the limited time he had in the convoluted film. Jackman's Wolverine met Gambit in the card-playing mutant's home city of New Orleans.
Remy LeBeau's powers as Gambit were interestingly displayed in the movie, but as X-Men Origins: Wolverine best scene was the opening, some other elements that worked in the heavily criticized movie ended up being forgotten. Among those is Gambit, and the MCU can profit off Fox's mistake with the character. As Marvel prepares to introduce the MCU's own versions of the X-Men, due to Gambit being underused by Fox, the general audience will have zero preconceptions on how the character should be, freeing the MCU's take on Gambit to be its own thing.
MCU Gambit Should Be Channing Tatum's Version
Fox's mistakes with Gambit included the studio never fulfilling the potential of Channing Tatum's planned movie as the mutant. Tatum almost played Gambit in 2006's X-Men: The Last Stand, but after that not coming to , the actor spent more than a decade trying to breathe life into the role, even going as far as having a Gambit movie scheduled for release in 2020. Disney's acquisition of Fox in 2019 ended up killing the film, but if the MCU were to save Tatum's Gambit movie, it would be perfect, as it would finally allow a popular actor — who loves the character — to bring X-Men's Gambit faithfully to life for Marvel.
