Channing Tatum与名摄影师Bruce Weber

2001年
When did you first shoot with Bruce Weber?
CT: It was for an editorial in Vogue, my very first published editorial in fact. It was a two-day shoot with all these amazing girls and Joel (McMillan) and here I was, this no-name kid, just trying to get into the picture somehow.
                
                So you have the distinction of shooting Vogue with Bruce Weber before shooting A&F?
Yup. And as a matter of fact, I'm still kind of offended. Bruce never asked me to get naked once. (laughs) I really noticed it at the A&F shoot — they never asked me to get naked and I was wondering "what's wrong with me? I mean what am I? Chopped liver?" (laughs)
                
                To be honest though, I still don't think I fit into the Abercrombie category. You'll see in the pictures how everyone looks a certain way and then there's this bald ghetto kid in the corner.
                
                I wasn't very big at the time and Bruce likes 'em just bulging, really, really in shape. So I was just the team mascot. I had to stand on the sidelines and watch while these guys got to put on pads and go out and hit. I was watching them just panting (he pantomimes) to get out on that field and play some ball. I was so pissed off. I was thinking to myself "you've got to be fucking kidding me."
                
                I was so upset man. I wanted to get out there and crack heads so bad. It offended me. I should have been the one on that field. I mean, Who wouldn't want to use me? They don't have to love me, I just want them to use me. (laughs) It was pretty funny. As you can tell, I'm very, very competitive. I don't like losing, at all. That would be my biggest thing. I love competition.
                
                
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                2013年，Bruce再次为钱宁拍照，他已经不再是十二年前那个总是在角落里的无名新人，而是《名利场》杂志的封面男。
                
                老人家对此也很欣慰，说：
Channing’s a good guy and I did some of his first pictures when he first started. He said something really nice to me on that set. He said if I hadn’t booked him for Vogue a long time ago, he’d wouldn’t be acting today. He said he was ready to give it up. When I photographed him, he kept dancing in the frame. I told him he’s a really good dancer and he should take some classes and really try to be an actor, maybe make a musical. I’m really proud of him that he did so well for himself.