G.I. Joe star Channing Tatum: 'I hate that movie'

When asked how he felt about his starring role in the poorly reviewed 2009 blockbuster G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Channing Tatum didn't mince words. "Look, I'll be honest. I f--king hate that movie. I hate that movie," he said.

In a new interview with Howard Stern, Tatum explained that he only starred in G.I. Joe because of a contractual obligation from a three-picture deal he signed with Paramount after appearing in 2005's Coach Carter. "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."

Unfortunately, Paramount cashed in on the contract years later, when Tatum's star was officially on the rise. "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." When Tatum tried to get out of the movie, he says, Paramount offered him a stark choice: "You're doing this or we're gonna sue you."

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In the end, Tatum says, he chose to look on the bright side of thing: At least he wasn't forced to star in Scream 5. G.I Joe, by contrast, was "really not all that bad." Now there's a quote for the movie poster.