Today he is famous all over the world: no one recognized this actor who runs next to Tom Cruise!

Channing Tatum, now 43 years old, is now an internationally recognized actor.

In turn, for Steven Soderbergh, the role of a stripper in Magic Mike, the secret policeman Jenko in 21 Jump Street with Jonah Hill, the wrestling champion Mark Schultz in Foxcatcher, the agent John Cale in White House Down or even the cowboy Jody in The Dirty Eight. Directed by Quentin Tarantino, Tatum also directed his first feature film, The Dog, in 2022.

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However, as with most of his actors in Hollywood, Channing Tatum started his career at the bottom of the ladder. His dancing talent is showcased in the music video He bangs By Ricky Martin, she then worked in advertising campaigns as a fashion model before trying her luck on set.

Thus, in 2005 (18 years ago), the aspiring star could take part in the filming of Steven Spielberg’s main blockbuster: War of the Worlds, in which Tom Cruise plays the main role. Then, around age 25, he appeared in the film’s first major scene: the one in which the tripod rises from the ground.

Before the appearance of the alien spaceship, at the moment when all the windows of the buildings are shattered and a huge crack appears in the asphalt, Channing Tatum appears in the middle of the panicked crowd. Although he’s virtually impossible to spot unless you know exactly where he is, he’s definitely there, wearing a denim jacket and running in the opposite direction of Tom Cruise (see above).

It also appears that Channing Tatum originally shot a longer version of the sequence (in which he even recited a few lines of dialogue), which was ultimately cut during editing.

A year after the worldwide release of War, Channing Tatum landed his first major role in the live-action musical Sexy Dance. The first dance step on the road to success for a young actor.

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