Overview
- Tatum revealed in a new Vanity Fair profile that he declined del Toro’s offer to play the Beast, saying the script at the time "wasn't totally there yet."
- He described the choice as "one of the biggest mistakes" of his career and said he hopes to collaborate with the filmmaker in the future.
- Del Toro was attached to a Beauty and the Beast adaptation around 2012 but exited in 2014, and that version was never made under his direction.
- A separate live-action film was later directed by Bill Condon for Disney, starring Emma Watson and Dan Stevens.
- Tatum discussed the regret while promoting Roofman at TIFF and also recalled previously passing on Derek Cianfrance’s Blue Valentine.