The Reason Behind Edgar Wright's Rejection of Fox's Ill-fated Gambit Movie

Summary

Edgar Wright declined an offer to work on Fox's Gambit film because he didn't know much about the character and it felt like someone else's dream gig.

Simon Kinberg, an avid admirer of Wright's work, relentlessly pursued him for multiple X-Men films. However, Wright admitted his unfamiliarity with the character Gambit, who emerged in the Marvel universe after his dedicated reading period between 1985 and 1990.

Edgar Wright was approached to work on another Marvel project, specifically Fox's Gambit film. However, he declined the offer. In a recent interview with /Film, Simon Kinberg, a filmmaker and writer for X-Men movies, mentioned his admiration for Wright and how he had approached him for various projects, including X-Men. Wright clarified that it was actually the Gambit project that he turned down, citing his reasons for not wanting to be involved.

I wasn't familiar with Gambit as a character. He emerged in the Marvels comics after I stopped reading, around 1985 to 1990. I didn't have much knowledge about him and didn't read about him during my childhood, so it felt like a job that belonged to someone else. Perhaps he holds greater significance to those who watched the animated show, which aired after my time.