Channing Tatum is currently on a road trip across the United States to promote his upcoming movieLogan Lucky, which sees the return of director Steven Soderbergh. While out on the unconventional press junket for the movie, Tatum stopped off at a Sunoco Gas Station in Charlotte, North Carolina where he showed off some of hisMagic Mikedance moves to the delight of fans strolling through the gas station. The actor showed up for an iced coffee and things got steamy from there.
The act was caught on video and posted toTatum’s official Facebookpage during a live stream.Channing Tatumwalks in and his friend starts a Facebook Live video documenting the mundane act of picking up some snacks before heading out on the road to promoteLogan Luckyto unsuspecting participants. Tatum takes his coffee to the cash register and meets a gas station employee named Beatrice who is clearly excited and pretty surprised to see the actor in her gas station.
The two engage in some pretty funny banter while Tatum stands behind the counter with Beatrice. Beatrice asks a customer if they know who the actor is and without skipping a beat Tatum says, “I’m the manager” and proceeds to sit in the office chair behind the counter. After some more back and forth, the two decide that they need to turn on some music and “If I ruled the World” by Nas and Lauryn Hill comes on and Tatum goes into a soft core version of someMagic Mike dancing, even using the chair as a prop, much to the delight of Beatrice and customers within the gas station. The act is clearly inspired by the convenience store scene inMagic Mikeexcept it was Joe Manganiello doing the dancing in the movie.
During a break from the dance party, Beatrice turns to Channing Tatum and says, “We’re gonna party, just me and you.” Tatum then turns the music up even louder and the impromptu dance party continues while the actor poses for pictures with fans as they come into the gas station. Throughout the video you can tell that Tatum is legitimately having fun, which the actor has echoed on the many stops along the way to promoteLogan Lucky. It appears that the actor has taken the road trip in an effort to promote the upcoming movie in an unorthodox manner, posting similar good-humored videos on his Facebook page.
Logan Lucky hits theaters on August 18thand follows three siblings Jimmy (Channing Tatum), Mellie (Riley Keough), and Clyde Logan (Adam Driver) set out to reverse a family curse by executing an elaborate robbery during the Coca-Cola Race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. The comedy sees the return of directorSteven Soderberghwho prematurely retired from movie making after 2013’sBehind the Candelabra. Steven Soderbergh is trying a unique way of distributingLucky Loganto bypass the major studios and Channing Tatum is following suit with unique way of promoting the movie. You can check out Channing Tatum’sMagic Mikegas station dance moves below.
