Manhattan Strip Clubs: Cullman native Channing Tatum reveals his softer side in ‘Dear John’
Cullman native Channing Tatum, who is shown here with Amanda Seyfried in a scene from “Dear John,” tried his hand at everything from being a construction worker to a mortgage broker to a male stripper before becoming an actor. “Man, I’ve had a crazy life,” Tatum says. “I’m 29 years old, and I’ve met millionaires, billionaires, and I’ve met homeless people and everything in between.” (Everett Collection)
Two years ago, Channing Tatum played a small-town military hero who comes to blows with his best buddy in the Iraq War drama “Stop-Loss.” Then last summer, Tatum starred as an elite soldier of fortune who takes on a notorious arms dealer in the futuristic action-adventure “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.” And next week, the Cullman native gets back in uniform for yet another tour of duty in “Dear John,” a war-torn love story based on the same-name novel by romance writer Nicholas Sparks. The movie opens Friday, Feb. 5. This time, though, t …
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