{"id":2008241,"date":"2025-09-09T05:44:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T05:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2008241"},"modified":"2025-09-09T05:44:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T05:44:14","slug":"channing-tatum-reveals-why-he-was-afraid-to-work-with-kirsten-dunst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/channing-tatum-reveals-why-he-was-afraid-to-work-with-kirsten-dunst\/","title":{"rendered":"Channing Tatum Reveals Why He Was \u2018Afraid\u2019 to Work With Kirsten Dunst"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><span>Channing Tatum<\/span><\/strong> recently revealed that he was \u201cafraid\u201d to work with <strong><span>Kirsten Dunst<\/span><\/strong>. Set to feature alongside Dunst in Derek Cianfrance\u2019s <strong><span>Roofman<\/span><\/strong>, Tatum opened up about how intimidated he felt sharing the screen with the legendary actress.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Channing Tatum says he just wanted Kirsten Dunst to like him<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Channing Tatum shared that he felt intimidated by the prospect of working with Dunst, primarily because of how much he idolized and appreciated her. The Magic Mike star admitted that he has been \u201cobsessed\u201d with Dunst\u2019s body of work. Though only 43, Dunst has been around in the industry for decades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While talking about Dunst with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/channing-tatum-afraid-work-with-kirsten-dunst-2025-toronto-film-festival-exclusive-11802938\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">PEOPLE<\/a>, he said, \u201cEverything she\u2019s ever done, I\u2019ve been obsessed with.\u201d Tatum also expressed admiration for her performance in the 1994 hit movie, Interview With the Vampire. He added, \u201cI couldn\u2019t imagine doing what she did in that film at that age.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Due to the kind of respect and admiration he had for Dunst, it made working with her more difficult for Tatum. He stated, \u201cI was so intimidated to work with her \u2014 I was afraid. I just wanted her to like me.\u201d \u201cI was like, \u2018Please like me!&#8217;\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It seems Channing Tatum had to work extra hard to impress an actress he really idolized. Interestingly, the early reviews seem to indicate that the actor did a great job of portraying the character of Jeffrey Manchester in Roofman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The movie is based on a true story about a spree robber who broke into shops from their roofs. Its synopsis reads, \u201cA former Army Ranger and struggling father turns to robbing McDonald\u2019s restaurants by cutting holes in their roofs, earning him the nickname: Roofman. After escaping prison, he secretly lives inside a Toys \u201cR\u201d Us for six months, surviving undetected while planning his next move. But when he falls for a divorced mom drawn to his undeniable charm, his double life begins to unravel, setting off a compelling and suspenseful game of cat and mouse as his past closes in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The movie will come out in theaters on October 10, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comingsoon.net\/pop-culture\/news\/2024659-channing-tatum-kirsten-dunst-roofman-2025-premiere\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Channing Tatum Reveals Why He Was \u2018Afraid\u2019 to Work With Kirsten Dunst;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Channing Tatum Reveals Why He Was \u2018Afraid\u2019 to Work With Kirsten Dunst<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comingsoon.net\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ComingSoon.net - Movie Trailers, TV &amp; Streaming News, and More;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">ComingSoon.net &#8211; Movie Trailers, TV &amp; Streaming News, and More<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Channing Tatum recently revealed that he was \u201cafraid\u201d to work with Kirsten Dunst. Set to feature alongside Dunst in Derek Cianfrance\u2019s Roofman, Tatum opened up about how intimidated he felt sharing the screen with the legendary actress. Channing Tatum says he just wanted Kirsten Dunst to like him Channing Tatum shared that he felt intimidated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2008242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[320289,350306],"class_list":["post-2008241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-channing-tatum","tag-kirsten-dunst"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Channing-Tatum-Reveals-Why-He-Was-\u2018Afraid-to-Work-With.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2008241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2008242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2008241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2008241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2008241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}