Things Most Fans Don't Know About Channing Tatum

#1 He Bangs

Of course, only Ricky Martin would be able to spot such a hot young talent and add him to his video.

#2 Feel The Burn

He severely burned the end of his penis during the filming of 'The Eagle' when a crew member poured boiling water down his wet suit in an attempt to keep him warm. The water would normally be diluted but it was boiling instead, causing an emergency to stop production.

#3 Magic Mike

Channing Tatum and director Steven Soderbergh used their own money to finance Magic Mike ($6.5 million) and it raked in over $140 million.

#4 Strike A Pose

He's been a fashion model for Abercrombie & Fitch, Dolce & Gabbana, and Aeropostale.

#5

He claims that having a child made him 'fappy' - fat and happy. He was so overweight, according to him, that he had to go into extreme training for Magic Mike XXL. His fans didn't see any difference.

#6 Male Strippers

He said, "Men go to strip clubs for a pretty simple reason. It's a carnal, visual thing. The point of male stripping is to bring women onstage and embarrass them so their friends can cheer them on. Women go to watch their friends' faces turn red and to have a night of camaraderie with their girlfriends."

#7 Method Actor

He was so into his role that he actually smashed his head into a mirror for the film Foxcatcher.

#8 Animal Lover

He held many jobs before acting including construction, salesman, and mortgage broker, but his favorite job was when he worked in a puppy/kitty nursery before started modeling.

#9 Sent To Military School

His parents feared he may be coming to difficult to handle, he was sent to a military school in ninth grade, where he joined the football team and intended to get a scholarship to play after graduation.

#10 College Dropout

He received a full athletic football scholarship at Glenville State College in West Virginia, but he dropped out of college. At the time, he felt too constrained and wanted to be out making money instead of sitting in school. He later said it was one of the best mistakes he ever made.

#11 X-Men

He auditioned for the role of Gambit in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) before the role was eliminated, but will portray him in X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), a role he says he has dreamed of playing.

#12 The Goonie Connection

His favourite childhood film was the adventure comedy film The Goonies, and he says he still watches it regularly at least twice every year. He thinks Steven Spielberg is the best director in the business.

#13 Step Up

He was originally very intimidated by the idea of dancing in the Step Up movies since he was not a professional dancer. After being coaxed by his manager to take the role he spent months in training and the part paid off in spades as it paved the way to his many leading roles thereafter.

#14 Bored Easily

He says he gets bored easily and that is how he transitioned from modelling to acting. He said he was just too bored posing in clothing and not being active, so he began auditioning for parts in commercials.

#15 New Father

He became a father for the 1st time at age 33 when his wife Jenna Dewan-Tatum gave birth to their daughter Everly Elizabeth Maiselle Tatum on May 31, 2013.

#16 Hail Caesar

He learned 1940's style tap dancing for the Coen Brothers' Hail, Caesar! in which he plays an actor working in a 1950 musical/dance movie called "Last Call". In one of the scenes, he is required to perform highly acrobatic tap combined with swing style dancing and he insisted on doing his own work even though he could have had a double do the scenes.

#17 Jump Street

He thought 21 Jump Street was "goofy" and passed on the script twice before being convinced by co-star and writer Jonah Hill to help him out by acting aside him in the lead. He said he was 'truly surprised' that the movie was such a big money maker and agreed to do the sequel only after the number showed him to be wrong about the project. His part nearly went to Mark Wahlberg.

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