10 Movies That Tricked You By Killing Main Characters Early

Sometimes, actors will have had enough of a particular franchise and hopelessly mutter, "Just kill me already." The most famous instance of this is Harrison Ford, who seemed adamant that Han Solo die in Return of the Jedi, feeling his character had reached and surpassed his arc. It would be nearly 40 years before he finally had his wish fulfilled.

So don't weep for Channing Tatum, who led the G.I. Joes in the first film in the franchise as Duke. As opposed to his role in the cartoon and toy line, Duke starts his career as a rookie among other, more well-trained Joes despite calling himself a captain (this franchise lacked coherence). Duke manages to defeat the Cobra Commander (a surprisingly game Joseph Gordon Levitt) in the first film, only to be killed off in an airstrike early in retaliation and replaced by Dwayne Johnson's Roadblock.

The story behind the scenes is that Tatum never much cared to marry himself to the franchise and was concerned it would dirupt the schedule of a film he was more interested in - Steven Soderbergh's Magic Mike.