Channing Tatum revealed in a new Variety cover story that Gambit will be somewhat softening his Cajun accent in “ Avengers: Doomsday ,” which is now in production. Tatum debuted as the Marvel superhero in last year’s “Deadpool and Wolverine” after spending years trying and failing to get a standalone Gambit movie made under 20th Century Fox. A running joke in “Deadpool and Wolverine” is that nobody can understand Gambit’s thick Cajun accent. Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool quips at one point: “Who’s your dialect coach? The Minions?”

It appears Gambit will be easier to understand in “Avengers: Doomsday,” which sees Tatum back to face off against Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom alongside Florence Pugh, Pedro Pascal, Chris Hemsworth and various other Marvel actors. Tatum told Variety that s

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