Note: Massive spoilers ahead for “Deadpool & Wolverine.” If you’ve remained unspoiled on the film’s surprise characters, turn back now.

Channing Tatum was among the many surprise appearances in “Deadpool & Wolverine,” finally getting to live out his dream of playing Gambit on the big screen, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. And the actor says he’ll owe Ryan Reynolds “forever” for making that happen.

In a post to X on Monday, Tatum posted two photos of himself with Reynolds, both taken at San Diego Comic-Con. In both photos, Tatum is wearing a Gambit t-shirt, though the images were taken almost 10 years apart.

“I sat in the audience when Ryan Reynolds showed his first peek of Deadpool 1 to the world and I think I ran back stage right after and found him and I think I just hugged him and was like holy s— you did it man,...