Channing Tatum's desire to play Evel Knievel on the big screen may happen.
Tatum shared a video on his official Instagram account. The clip shows two men doing motocross biking. While the clip does not show who then men on the bikes are, Tatum' caption on his video suggests that he was actually one of the two riders. With his caption "Got a lot to learn. But so much fun. And completely terrifying in a good way," Tatum's video got more than 133,000 likes.
Aside from losing weight and rehearsing combat skills, Tatum's video is an example of the things an actor is eager to do in order to yield a more realistic incarnation of a role or a character, as per Cinema Blend.
Born on Oct. 17, 1938 in Butte, Montana, Knievel is known as an American daredevil in the 1970s for his remarkable motorcycle stunts. As per Biography, Knievel started his execution of motorcycle stunts when he was a teenager.
On Dec. 31, 1967, Knievel almost died when he jumped the fountains in front of Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. The accident led him in a comatose state, which required him to stay in the hospital for 29 days. Aside from riding through fire walls and jumping over rattlesnakes, Knievel's other stunts included jumping over Greyhound buses, live sharks, and Idaho's Snake River Canyon.
In addition, to the "Evel Knievel" project, Tatum is also playing the Cajun mutant in Marvel's "Gambit." Previously, it was reported that the actor is practicing his Cajun accent to make a more authentic take on his mutant character. "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" director Rupert Wyatt was set to helm Marvel's "Gambit;" however, recent reports said that the filmmaker had left the film.
Exact details on the "Evel Knievel" project, its plot, characters, and release are yet to be revealed. Meanwhile, Marvel's "Gambit" is slated to premiere in theaters in the United States on Oct. 7, 2016.