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Channing Tatum has become much more than your run-of-the-mill rom-com dreamboat. His acting portfolio has expanded from dancing on Step Up to exotic dancing on the Steven Soderbergh-directed Magic Mike, and the world realized his comic potential when he starred alongside Jonah Hill in 21 Jump Street and in the very strange, but very funny Jimmy Kimmel music video "I Wanna Channing All Over Your Tatum." But now Tatum is moving onto bigger and better things because he will be saving the President, Mr. Jamie Foxx, in his upcoming movie White House Down.
It seems as though he is always surprising us with a different kind of project up his sleeve. You'd be surprised by some of the 25 things you didn't know about Channing Tatum.
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Channing struggled with dyslexia as a child.
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Channing spent his childhood living in Mississippi right off of the Bayou and he once had to catch an alligator because it was getting "too big."
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Channing used to wait for his father to fall asleep to sneak out to party with friends. His motto was "If you didn't know, it didn't happen."
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Channing's first big break was being cast in Ricky Martin's "She Bangs" video. He was paid $400 dollars for a 7-day
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Channing's sister and her six friends went to watch him on his first night on the job at the strip club and much to his sister's dismay, her friends really enjoyed Channing's performance.
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Usher's "You Make Me Wanna" became Tatum's signature song while on stage at the strip club.
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He danced as a clown to the song "99 Red Balloons" when he was a stripper. It did not go over well with the crowd that night.
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You may have recognized Channing saying the "Gotta have my Dew" slogan for a Mountain Dew commercial he did in 2002.
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Tatum revealed that if he were ever to run into the wrong kind of guy he'd probably book it or challenge him to a dance off.
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Some speculated that Tatum might have been in an off-screen relationship with Amanda Bynes after the two She's the Man co-stars were reportedly photographed kissing.
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He appeared in Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds (2005) as a church boy, but his scene was later removed from the movie.
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Channing Tatum and his wife, Jenna, have matching tattoos that read "side by side" in Balinese as one of their vows
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Channing and his wife share a love for mythical creatures, so they decided to have a fairy themed wedding.
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Channing sporadically leaves his wife love notes in unexepected places around the house, like under the toilet seat.
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Channing only accepted the role in Dear John because he never went to acting school and was eager to hone his skills on the big screen.
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Channing says that Clint Eastwood is his idol and that he would love to write to him for advice.
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He cites Nicolas Winding Refn's Bronson as one of his favorite films.
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To promote White House Down, Jimmy Kimmel came up with the hilarious music video "I Wanna Channing All Over Your Tatum," featuring Tatum and Jamie Foxx.
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