The long-gestating Gambit movie remains one of the most intriguing unmade comic book movie projects of all time, and actress Léa Seydoux has now added even further intrigue. In an interview with Indiewire, Seydoux, who had been tapped for the lead female role, has hyped the quality of the Gambit script before describing the project as “a comedy.”

The role that Léa Seydoux would have played was reportedly the Marvel character Bella Donna Boudreaux, a creation of Jim Lee and Scott Lobdell. A childhood friend of Gambit AKA Remy LeBeau, Bella Donna Boudreaux comes from a rival gang, the Thieves and Assassins respectively, in New Orleans. Their lives cross paths time and again as the star-crossed lovers face off with a variety of different Marvel villains, Gambit using his ability to charge objects with explosive energy, and Bella Donna her telekinesis.

“The script was really good. It had some funny bits in it, but they wanted to make more of a comedy.”

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After praising the script, Seydoux went on to commend the role of Bella Donna Boudreaux itself, explaining that it would have been new ground for her.

Channing Tatum Would Have Starred as Gambit in the Canceled Movie

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Work on the unproduced Gambit movie began all the way back in 2014, with 22 Jump Street and The Lost City star Channing Tatum signing on to star in the title role. Several directors expressed interest along the way, including Rupert Wyatt and Doug Liman, with Reid Carolin set to produce alongside Tatum. After so, so much back and forth and false starts, the X-Men spinoff was officially canceled in May 2019. Since then, several details have emerged regarding what Gambit would have involved, with Carolin describing the movie as the “mutant Goodfellas.”

“I feel that in America people have more imagination. I have been offered films very very far from what I’ve done and I’m like, ‘Oh. Interesting.’ I love to feel that I can adapt myself. For me, that’s very exotic.”

Sadly, Gambit will never see the light of day, with the project now destined to remain on the “what if?” list of unproduced movies for all time. Léa Seydoux can next be seen starring opposite Viggo Mortensen and Kristen Stewart in director David Cronenberg’s return to body horror, Crimes of the Future.