Channing Tatum’s Cajun Accent Was Years in the Making Long before he ever played Gambit, Channing Tatum had already mastered the Cajun accent. Back in 2015, while promoting The Hateful Eight, Tatum appeared on Live with Kelly and Michael and revealed a holiday tradition from his Alabama childhood: reading ’Twas the Night Before Christmas in a full Cajun drawl. Nearly a decade later, that same accent finally made its way to the big screen in Deadpool & Wolverine—proving Gambit had been living in