Tatum and Levitt talk about G.I. Joe with Collider

[DoctorJones]

http://www.collider.com/entertainment/interviews/article.asp/aid/7306/tcid/1

http://www.collider.com/entertainment/interviews/article.asp/aid/7305/tcid/1

So the live action Duke and Cobra Commander were promoting their first film together, Stop-Loss. These are the main points:

*Tatum only accepted the part after reading the script because he feared G.I. Joe was going to glorify war (having made the anti-war Stop-Loss).
*He and Levitt are best friends, so that helped in taking the role.
*There's a scene where Cobra Commander tortures Duke.
*Tatum looks forward to the sequel.
*Levitt wanted to play a larger than life baddie, rather than the usual normal conflicted type.

 

[Golgo-13]

*There's a scene where Cobra Commander tortures Duke.
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Like the sound of this

 

[terry78]

Collider: Can you talk a little bit about what attracted you to G. I. Joe and what the experience has been like and also are you looking forward to working with Christian Bale and Johnny Depp?



Channing Tatum: Oh man, that goes without saying. That’s obvious. I’ve been a huge fan of both those guys and Michael Mann. You know, G. I. Joe, I was originally opposed to it. Especially coming off of Stop-Loss, playing a soldier about a really sensitive topic? I had no interest in going to play a fake soldier in a hyper-real kind of fantasy war. I was just like, “Nope. No thanks”, and then it came back around and I met on it and I read the script finally and the script was great. It actually has nothing to do with war, nothing to do at all. It’s X-Men and Mission Impossible, Star Wars. That’s how it is. I got kind of excited about it and jumped on. Joe’s (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) in it so that was kind of more of an incentive. I love him. He’s one of my best friends and to get a chance to work with him for a long time is really fun. Then I get to play Pretty Boy Floyd in the Michael Mann thing and Christian Bale gets to shoot me so…I never died in a movie. I’m a little nervous. I am like, “Oh god!” That’s a tall order, you know?



Collider: Joseph plays the opposite side of you. Are you guys trash talking each other?



Channing Tatum: Oh, you have no idea. (Laughter) You have no idea. In this he gets the better of me. I’m strapped to a table and he’s like torturing me so it’s not gonna be fun. It’s not gonna be fun. I’m like, “Great, wait ‘til number two”. I’m like, “you’ve got it coming.”

X-Men, Mission Impossible, Star Wars. I'm just waiting for the fanboys to tear into that.

 

[copywrite]

That's basically what it is in a nutshell.

 

[chamber-music]

now we know....
and knowing is half the battle.

 

[Rick Roll'd]

Ugh Channing Tatum
UGh Star Wars
Ugh Not war

sigh-at least the costumes are cool

 

[Timstuff]

"It actually has nothing to do with war, nothing to do at all. It’s X-Men and Mission Impossible, Star Wars."