9 Times Actors Famously Expressed Their Dissatisfaction

7. Channing Tatum - G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra

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For many stars, it appears, Howard Stern is the place to go to air your grievances. It's an understandable forum, the shock-jock has developed over the years to be one of radio's most interesting interviewers. There's no question he won't ask. Channing Tatum knew that going into the studio.

“I’ll be honest. I f***ing hate that movie,” he said. Everyone who saw it collectively nodded.

There's no telling what happened to Stephen Sommers, but there was a time when G.I. Joe's director showed promise. Sommer's Deep Rising wasn't a hit upon release, but grew to find its rightful cult. It's B-movie fun, with an added dose of gore for those who crave it. He took the same approach to Universal's reboot of The Mummy, retooling the horror story into a light, genuinely entertaining Indiana Jones riff that still managed to pay homage to its source material.

Then came CGI The Rock in The Mummy Returns, and things haven't looked up since. Sommers' best work recently was the barely released mediocre adaptation of Dean Koontz' Odd Thomas, which relied heavily on Anton Yelchin's charm.

As for G.I. Joe, what was that, Channing?

“I was pushed into doing it. The script wasn’t any good. And I didn’t want to do something that I — that I was a fan of since I was a kid and watched every morning growing up — and didn’t want to do something that was 1) bad, and 2) I just didn’t know if I wanted to be G.I. Joe.”
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