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.

After nearly 20 years, Channing Tatum might finally get his solo Marvel outing, thanks to a little help from pal Ryan Reynolds. Following Tatum’s appearance as Gambit in Deadpool & Wolverine, Reynolds teased that Marvel executives are “obsessed” with the performance and he has “hope” for Gambit’s onscreen future.

Does Channing Tatum’s Gambit have a future in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? A definitive answer has yet to be revealed, but Deadpool actor Ryan Reynolds revealed on Entertainment Weekly’s “Awardist” podcast that Marvel executives are quite high on Tatum after his Gambit debut in this summer’s record-breaking tentpole “Deadpool & Wolverine.