Marvel’sDeadpool and Wolverinefeatured a number of returning performers from the 20th Century Fox era of X-Men movies.

Warning: The following contains spoilers about one of Deadpool and Wolverine’s surprise cameos.

Channing Tatum was previously attached to headline the Gambit movie that never got off the ground.

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That’s why his appearance as Gambit in Deadpool and Wolverine was so surprising.

“I thought I had lost Gambit forever,” wrote Tatum on X.

“But [Reynolds] fought for me and Gambit.

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I will owe him probably forever.

I love ya buddy.”

These pictures are almost 10 years apart to the day.

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“All things happen for a reason,” continued Tatum.

“I’m so grateful to be in this movie.

It’s a masterpiece in my opinion.

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And just pure bad ass joy.

I was literally screaming in the theater.

Deadpool and Wolverine is now playing.

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And Tatum’s Gambit is far from the onlyMarvel cameo appearancein the film.

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