But, as it turns out, Tatum is full-fledged triple threat, and not just because of his ability to mouth along to a song: He can legitimately sing. Tatum got the chance to show off his pipes for the first time on camera in Hail, Caesar!, the Coen brothers' film due out this Friday.

Did Channing Tatum tap dance in Hail, Caesar?

Tatum's athleticism is unreal—the man is leaping through the air from tables to ladders like it's nothing! —and yes, that is really him performing all of those moves. It's five minutes of pure fun, and I thank choreographer Christopher Gattelli for his contribution to the world's distressingly low supply of joy.

Does Channing Tatum really know how to dance?

Perhaps less conventional than some of the classically trained here, Channing Tatum is no less of a dancer. Before he hit it big, Tatum worked as a stripper at a local night club. Look closely and you'll spot him performing as a backup dancer in the music video for “She Bangs” by Ricky Martin.

Who choreographed Hail, Caesar?

The dancing was trickier. Since he'd never even laced up a pair of tap shoes before November 2014, Tatum had to take “ten years of tap-dance training and crunch it into three months” for the January shoot, says Caesar! choreographer Christopher Gattelli.

Is Hail, Caesar based on a true story?

It is a fictional story that follows the real-life studio fixer Eddie Mannix (Brolin), working in the Hollywood film industry in the 1950s, trying to discover what happened to a star actor during the filming of a biblical epic.

Hail, Caesar! | Channing Tatum Tap Dances to "No Dames"

What's the point of Hail, Caesar?

Parents need to know that Hail, Cesar! is a star-studded (Josh Brolin, Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, George Clooney, and more) Coen brothers comedy set in the 1950s that looks at how movie studios tried to hush any hint of scandal, lest gossip and unfavorable news about stars inhibit the bottom line.

Why is Channing Tatum so good at dancing?

The 'Magic Mike' star explained he was a late bloomer when it came to dancing and he had to act fast because he wanted to learn how to dance. “It was survival,” the actor said, describing the moment he was taught by a grandmother at one his friends' birthday party.

Did Channing Tatum have a dance double in Step Up?

"But I think, if anything, if I had to pick a special thing, one, we do all of our own dancing," Tatum boasts. "There's not one take in this whole movie that we're not doing our own stuff. Not one. We didn't even have dance doubles, much less us not do it."

Could Michael Jackson tap dance?

Michael Jackson practiced dancing in his home studio enough to wear a large bowl-shaped cavity in his wooden dance floor. His training was for physical stamina, choreography, street dance, and he learned tap dance while a young man. The rest was Jackson's natural dance and practiced moves.

Is Channing Tatum a trained dancer?

Tatum doesn't have any professional training as a dancer, but audiences are well aware of the talent the actor has when busting a move on the dance floor. It was a talent that was apparent all the way back in Step Up; he showed off his dance moves once more in Hail, Caesar!, in which he had a show-stopping tap number.

What is the age difference between Channing Tatum and Zoë Kravitz?

Tatum, 43, and Zoë Kravitz, 35, have both been married in the past. Tatum was married to actor Jenna Dewan from 2009 to 2018, and they share one daughter, Everly, 10. Meanwhile, Zoë Kravitz was married to actor Karl Glusman from 2019 to 2021.

How is Jason Momoa related to Zoë Kravitz?

Aquaman star Jason Momoa entered Zoë Kravitz's life when he began dating her mom, Lisa Bonet, in 2005. He later married The Cosby Show actress in 2017 and assumed the role of proud stepdad to her daughter, Zoë, from her previous marriage to musician Lenny Kravitz.

How old was Channing Tatum in Step Up 1?

Prior to donning a thong as Magic Mike, a 25-year-old Channing Tatum helped launch a different film franchise about a guy who feels the rhythm.

Is Magic Mike based on a true story?

Magic Mike is not based on a true story; however, there are some real-life parallels from its star Channing Tatum, a male dancer early in his career, and some of his experiences of the environment and energy of the scene did translate to the silver screen.

How old was Channing Tatum in She's the Man?

Born on April 26, 1980, Tatum was 25 years old when She's the Man was filmed in the summer of 2005. That gives him a seven or eight-year age gap with Duke, who would be around 17 or 18 years old in the movie. Tatum's age almost cost him the role of Duke in She's the Man.

What type of dance does Channing Tatum do?

A free-style street dancer with no formal training, Tatum was chosen for the role because of his natural talent. Producer Erik Feig says that Tatum moves "like water" while Step Up producer Adam Shankman claims Tatum is "one of the best natural street dancers" he's ever seen.

What type of dance is Magic Mike?

Magic Mike's Choreographers on the Art of a Great Lap Dance. Magic Mike's Last Dance is Channing Tatum's last hurrah—so they went all out creating complex, erotic dancing extravaganzas. Salma Hayek Pinault and Channing Tatum in Magic Mike's Last Dance. Courtesy of Claudette Barius for Warner Bros Pictures.

Who was the greatest movie dancer?

Is Hail, Caesar a good movie?

Their new film, “Hail Caesar!” is an exhilarating switchup: A comic fable that's both deftly clever and irrepressibly goofy. It is also, from stem to stern, the sweetest and sunniest film the Coens have ever made.

Who are the twins in Hail, Caesar?

He often has to fend off inquiries from Thora Thacker (Tilda Swinton) and Thessaly Thacker (Tilda Swinton), twin sisters and rival gossip columnists.

Is Hail, Caesar anti-communist?

The treatment of communists in Hail Caesar! is typical of the Coens: irreverent and fraught with irony. Every individual communist character is shown to be pretty silly, but at the end of it all the truth of certain basic Marxist premises is firmly upheld.

Is Channing Tatum a martial artist?

Channing's goal was finally met, and in his senior year in high school, he was recruited and earned a full athletic college scholarship to a school in West Virginia. Tatum is also skilled in Kung Fu and in Gor-Chor Kung Fu, a form of martial arts, in which he has earned belts.