Gambit was a bit of a surprise for me when he came on screen during the X-Men origins movie. Didn’t know he had anything to do with Wolverine’s origin. Anyhoo, fans have been curious as to if he will be reprising his role in any capacity in the tentative follow up film involving Wolverine’s escapades in Japan.
Source: Worst Previews
MTV now caught up with Taylor Kitsch, who played Gambit in “Wolverine,” to find out if he will be reprising the role in the sequel. “That’s up to Hugh [Jackman], if he wanted it. We’ll see,” said the actor. “I don’t think I’m in it, I haven’t heard anything.”
When “Wolverine” hit theaters back in 2009, there were talks of a Gambit spin-off movie. Kitsch expressed interested in returning, but talks have died down since then.
With Jackman acting as one of the producers in the Wolverine films it should come as little surprise that he has a say in whether or not Gambit will be returning in future movies. I like the character of Gambit but I don’t think that his participation is needed in the upcoming sequel. It wasn’t a great idea to shoehorn so many un-neeeded characters in the first Wolverine movie and I hope they buck the trend with the upcoming sequel.
A spinoff? Idunno. He’s an interesting character and all but I don’t think he’s identifyable enough by mainstream audiences to be a draw… although they would have a hard time avoiding the inclusion of Mr. Sinister if they did go that route…
If there were a fantastic script somewhere then I’d be more interested but as it stands I’d be fine if they avoided this movie until that time.
