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As I mentioned earlier this morning, I am a fan of Channing Tatum. Not his work specifically, but him as a person. I think he’s funny and sweet and very much like the good ol’ boys hustlers I grew up with. Anyway, there’s a special treat for those of us who like him – he’s the March cover boy for GQ Magazine! He’s done GQ before – he was their cover boy in 2009, where he posed shirtless in nearly every shot. In this cover shoot, they let him keep on his clothes for the most part. BOO. GQ hasn’t released their interview yet, but they did send us this little preview, and I can safely say that Channing sounds like he gave yet another great interview. The boy just does his thing, and he has no qualms about spending 24 hours with a journalist and getting hammered:
Channing Tatum has to be one of America’s most fun movie stars, he’s also crazy (it’s his life motto). Don’t believe us? Just ask Jessica Pressler, our writer who spent twenty-four hours deep in the California Desert with “Chan” armed with glow sticks, tequila, snacks, and Snuggies.
Before camping out together (don’t worry, he called his wife first!), the pair spent the night bar hopping through a tiny mining town, mingling with the locals, and touring the area’s abandoned bordellos.
During their journey, Tatum opened up about his stint as a stripper, “I’m not ashamed of it. I don’t regret one thing. I’m not a person who hides sh*t”; being type casted as a beefcake, “No one’s calling me for lawyer roles. I still have a lot to prove to myself”; and why doing his own stunts is important, “I think people pay money to see the actor go through a wall. I want to be like, ‘Holy sh*t, Johnny Depp actually jumped off that building. That guy’s f*cking crazy. I want to be him.’”
[From GQ]
Yes, he probably won’t be cast as a lawyer anytime soon. But it may happen eventually. And hey, it’s not so bad being a beefcake. Lots of male actors would love Channing’s reputation as an easy-going beefcake steadily building his resume. Hey, Channing just worked with Ron Howard! And now he’s starring as a Roman something in ancient times. So, it’s not like he’s only getting parts where he plays the dim-witted dancer boy. I would like Channing to do more comedy, honestly – he’s so funny in interviews, it would be interesting to see him steadily build a comedic portfolio.
Oh, and he’s totally going on HGF this week!
Photos courtesy of Nathaniel Goldberg/GQ, more pics at GQ’s slideshow.
Written by Kaiser
Posted in Channing Tatum
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He used to be beautiful back in the model/She’s the Man days. Then he just got kind of….beefy fat, if that makes any sense. It screwed up his face.
He’s such a terrible actor too and it pisses me off that he gets so much work.
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a caveman. but I still would.
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Such a yummy piece of man meat. I bet you could bounce quarters off his ass, so tight and delicious.
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Mmmm…Channing Tatum. I’d let him strip for me.
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I like that he seems genuinely devoted to his wife. Men who are devoted are always HOT!
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hot hot hot. NOT a caveman. freaking love him.
OK I’ll stop commenting about Channing today. #offtodowork.
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Biker boys are hott. He’s cute and funny a sweet combination
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you say that like he can’t be both. and he can call me pebbles.
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I would let him do me anytime.
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He looks … generic Hollywood handsome.
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Hot caveman…me still likey!
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YES i love you for writing this post. Totally agree with everything you said. Totally wish people would stop calling channing dumb though. cant he just be a laid back guy who just goes with everything?
LOVE channing, such a sweet, amazing, HOT man.
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the distance pics? mmmmmmm yes. close ups? he looks like he has a touch of the cyclops.
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no no no no no!!
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He looks good. Thanks for posting this, Kaiser.
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Hot sweaty happy goodness love love love
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Oh – and three cheers for the upcoming HGF!!!!!! YES!
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Wow that is one hot piece of meat.
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His face is weird and gross. no thanks.
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He has the face of a child with learning difficulties.
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I think he’s a cutie. I don’t understand the haters.
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He looks much better now. He loses some fat, you can clearly see in the shirtless photos.
The other pictures look great too.
Love to watch this man!
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He almost looks crossed eyed.
Ewwww
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Damn…some serious haters on here! The man is gorgeous no matter how much you try to knock it! Don’t know what fat ur seeing, all I see is muscles! I would know…I workout with beefcake everyday! Jenna, ur one lucky ass woman!!
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I’m not a fan, but he looks hot.
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totally agree with poster 1,jane. he used to be hot, then something happened and he swelled up in the body and face. Now his body looks ok but not lean like before and his face is still ******
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He never was hot IMO and definitely a caveman/meathead.
As Pajiba said about CT:
We already had a perfectly good Josh Hartnett we were barely using; why did we need another one? It’s just wasteful.
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@Jane…
Beefy/fat? really? it must be tough to meet your perfection standards. Maybe you prefer boys to men? Everyone had there thing. He looks like a man now and not a boy anymore. I am always amazed when I see some of these actors in person at how small they are. the camera does add 10 pounds, but in person they are really thin. 32 is the largest waist size a man can have in hollywood to be in the “Hunk” category. These men are 6 feet tall and the equivelent of a womens size 10 in pants.
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my heart is pounding! He’s lovely
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I would let him hit it till it was sore and dry. He’s officially my forever-dong.
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The last shirtless photo… just WOW. I want that body.
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Want.
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Well to each his own. Thank God we don’t all like the same people. That would be crappy odds for us all. I tend to like guys w/an edge and not the typical pretty boys ala Brad Pitt style. He has that edge and oozes masculinity.
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like the fist of an angry god…
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I saw The Eagle. That is not him on the cover. What did they do to his face?
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