Nothing like Mike

From the cast, actor Channing Tatum poses on arrival for the Los Angeles Premiere of the film "Jupiter Ascending" in Hollywood, California on February 2, 2015. The film opens on February 6. AFP PHOTO / FREDERIC J. BROWN

Channing Tatum has revealed his beefy stripper character in Magic Mike XXL isn't anything like him when he used to take his clothes off for a living. The 21 Jump Street actor says playing Magic Mike gives him a chance to make up for certain shortcomings he faced back in his days before acting when he briefly worked as a stripper.

“Back then, I wasn't the big beefcake guy like Mike,” explains Channing. “I was the young skinny kid with the dance moves. I wasn't like Mike at all. There were guys that were and maybe that's where the character comes from, but in no way was I like that.”