‘It Wasn’t Even That Funny At The Table Read’: Channing Tatum Tells Us The Punchline That He Can’t Believe Has Turned Into A Meme

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Channing Tatum is having one hell of a year! Not only did he deliver to audiences a wild X-Men cameo when he appeared as Gambit in Deadpool & Wolverine, but he’ll also be starring in the highly anticipated film Blink Twice, which is directed by his partner and fiance Zoë Kravitz. The former project spawned a number of memes showcasing the actor’s hilariously over-the-top Cajun accent, and while he didn’t foresee the internet reacting the way it did, there’s another viral moment from his career that he finds even more shocking.  I caught up with the actor to discuss Blink Twice, and when I asked if he knew just how meme-able his now infamous Gambit line, “Woo I’m about to make a name for myself here,” would be, he responded.

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00:00Has anybody sat down and said,

00:01ooh, I'm about to make a name for myself here?

00:04They haven't said that they are gonna make a name for themselves,

00:06but they brought that up, yeah.

00:07Would you laugh along, or would you be like,

00:08Of course, yeah, man, I'm so proud of that.

00:10I'm so proud and just so grateful for that thing.

00:13I mean, man, Kevin Feige and Ryan,

00:15they just gave me the biggest gift of my life, so.

00:18Did you know it was gonna be memed when that happened?

00:20I had no idea that that was gonna be memed, no.

00:23No, it's weird what happens in pop culture like that.

00:26You know, same with My Name is Jeff.

00:27My name is Jeff.

00:28It's such a small moment in the movie.

00:30It's so cool.

00:31Like, I remember we did a table read.

00:32It wasn't even that funny at the table read.

00:34It was like, whatever.

00:35And all of a sudden, man, just like.

00:38It goes to show you can't try and be a meme.

00:40You just gotta be.

00:41Yeah.

00:42And then if the meme comes, the meme comes.

00:44That's it.

00:45And if people want to find it, they will find a meme.

00:46They will find a meme out of it.

00:48I've never went through TSA without somebody saying,

00:50My name is Jeff.

00:51No way.

00:52Almost every single time I go through TSA.

00:54Well, my name is Jeff.

00:55Oh, sick.

00:55Is your name actually Jeff?

00:57I'm telling you, dude, you have no idea how often people say,

01:00My name is Jeff to me.

01:02And I'm like.

01:02At least you get to share in the script.

01:04Yeah.

01:05I mean, I don't know.

01:06I'm a little irritated by it.

01:08You must be secretly.

01:11It sometimes is not at the right time.

01:13I'm like, yeah.

01:14A lot of stuff going on, man.

01:15I'm like, yeah, yeah.

01:16I like that movie too.

01:17I get it.

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