Channing Tatum slams actors for taking up bad roles for money: "You’re incentivized to make bad things to get paid"

He also noted that streaming platforms have upended the traditional filmmaking model, making it more challenging to create “something really, really good.”

Actor Channing Tatum reflected on ways Hollywood has started working in recent times, during the promotions of his film Roofman.

In a recent appearance on Hot Ones, Channing Tatum shared that many actors today feel compelled to accept mediocre films for financial reasons, rather than focusing on more meaningful or high-quality projects.

“I think, now, when you get asked to do a movie, or you’re trying to get a movie made, it’s a very confused pipeline of possibilities, and it really feels like, at times, that you’re incentivized to make bad things to get paid, rather than make something really, really good, for the fucking people that actually get to see these things and people that I want to see these movies, the person that I was when I was a kid,” he said.

He continued, “I’m like, ‘Man, I want to give my money to the good movies.’ It’s such an upside-down moment, but I do believe that the disruption is going to lead to something good. I do believe that. I do believe the streamers came in for a reason, and it had to change, it had to morph.”

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He also noted that streaming platforms have upended the traditional filmmaking model, making it more challenging to create “something really, really good.” Reflecting on his past roles, Channing described Dear John as “generic” and humorously mentioned his cameo appearances in Deadpool and Wolverine.

Meanwhile, on the work front, his upcoming film Roofman will release on October 10. He also has several projects in the lineup- Kockroach, comedy film Dance Partners, an Amazon MGM Studios film about the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy Race and Calamity Hustle, alongside Ryan Reynolds.