Many people have found themselves working in jobs they hate simply because they are tied down by a bad contract and never took the time to read the fine print before signing on the dotted line. They say lessons learned from experience are the most lasting, and Channing Tatum can attest to this.
In a recent interview with Vanity, the Magic Mike actor took a lie detector test and said that he hated being in the G.I. Joe movies and had turned down the role seven times, but to no avail.
The first one I passed on seven times, but they had an option on me and I had to do the movie. So the second one, I obviously just didn't want to do that one either.
Tatum had previously expressed his hatred of 2009's G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra on the Howard Stern Show, saying:
Look, I'll be honest. I fucking hate that movie. I hate that movie. I was pushed into doing that movie. From 'Coach Carter,' they signed me to a three-picture deal… They give you the contract and they go, 'Three-picture deal, here you go.' And as a young [actor], you're like, 'Oh my god, that sounds amazing, I'm doing that!' Time goes by and you get other jobs and you're building your quote and you have a dream job you want to do. And … the studio calls up and they're like, 'Hey, we got a movie for you, we're going to send it to you.' And they send it to you, and it's G.I. Joe. And I love G.I. Joe: 'Can I play Snake Eyes?' And they're like, 'No, you're not playing Snake Eyes, you're playing G.I. Joe.' The script wasn't any good… And I didn't want to do something that I… was a fan of since I was a kid and watched every morning growing up — and didn't want to do something that was, one, bad and, two, I just didn't know if I wanted to be G.I. Joe.