Zoe Kravitz cast beau Channing Tatum in her directorial debut because she sensed he was a 'feminist'

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This month marks Zoë Kravitz and Channing Tatum's first anniversary of dating, but they originally met when she cast him as tech mogul Slater King in her 2023 feature directorial debut P***y Island.'I wanted to find someone who hadn't played a dark character before, because I think that's exciting to watch someone who's mostly played boy next door, good guy, love interest, all of that,' the 33-year-old SAG Award nominee told WSJ.

Magazine on Tuesday.'I felt, even from afar, before I knew him, that he was a feminist and that he wasn't afraid of exploring that darkness, because he knows he's not that.

That's why I was drawn to him and I wanted to meet with him. And I was right.' Boss-turned-boo: This month marks Zoë Kravitz and Channing Tatum's first anniversary of dating, but they originally met when she cast him as tech mogul Slater King in her 2023 feature directorial debut P***y Island (pictured in 2021) The 33-year-old SAG Award nominee told WSJ.

Magazine on Tuesday: 'I wanted to find someone who hadn't played a dark character before, because I think that's exciting to watch someone who's mostly played boy next door, good guy, love interest, all of that'The Alabama-born 42-year-old - whose nine-year-old daughter Everly inspired his Sparkella children's books - had never met Zoë before their meeting about the MGM movie.'It's always really intriguing to have someone bring you something that literally no one else has ever thought of you for,' Channing told the mag. 'When we first met the movie was pretty different than its form now, but the themes were the same.