Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Channing Tatum brought some movie star heat to a snowy Sundance this weekend, popping up in a previously unannounced role in one of the festival’s premiere titles.
Tatum has a scene-stealing cameo in “Atropia,” the feature directorial debut from Hailey Gates. The film is led by Alia Shawkat and British heatseeker Callum Turner.
It follows the wild true story of completely fabricated villages on U.S. military bases, where actors and stunt crew helped troops prepare for the Iraq War.
Shawkat and Turner play performers for hire on one such elaborate set, thrilled by the news that a bona fide American movie star (Tatum) will participate in a chemical weapon attack simulation to prepare for an upcoming role.
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