Sometimes you have to play the hand you're dealt. Half a decade after Channing Tatum's standalone Gambit movie was officially canceled, the X-Men hero sprung back onto the scene as part of Deadpool and Wolverine and its Void's worth of fan favorite surprises and cameos. Now, star Ryan Reynolds says Marvel Studios is "obsessed" with Gambit.

Deadpool 3 had tons of cameos, including the debut of Channing Tatum as Gambit. Ryan Reynolds just compared that payoff to his own experience showing Deadpool in that video years ago. And this gives me so much hope we'll see more of the beloved X-Man.

As Gambit said, he’s about to mak Channing Tatum’s appearance in Deadpool & Wolverine was one of the film’s biggest surprises, mostly because the actor had never played the character before. He’d tried though.

Wade Wilson star Ryan Reynolds says that Marvel Studios is now "obsessed" with Channing Tatum's Gambit following Deadpool & Wolverine.

Reynolds recalled that the leaked Deadpool test footage in 2014 helped prove fan demand and ultimately green-lit the film. Similarly, he hopes Deadpool & Wolverine could be the proof Marvel needs to consider bringing back the 44-year-old as the Cajun mutant in another film.

Channing Tatum had been trying for over a decade to get Marvel to enlist him to play the Ragin’ Cajun, Remy LeBeau, better known as Gambit in his own solo film. The project kept coming together and falling apart,

Channing Tatum wants to return as Gambit in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Ryan Reynolds says Marvel executives are "obsessed" with Tatum.

Ryan Reynolds says Marvel are “obsessed” with Channing Tatum’s Gambit. The 43-year-old actor plays Deadpool in the MCU and he “fought” for the Magic Mike star to land a cameo as the card-flipping mutant with kinetic energy in this year’s blockbuster Deadpool & Wolverine.

While Channing Tatum remains hopeful for a Gambit movie, Reynolds stokes the flame a bit as he reveals Marvel's giddiness.