While turning their last drama as a police comedy RoofPeter Dinklage quickly met the Co-Star Channing Tatum.
The director ofrek Cianfrance recalled the first meeting of the actors during a scene in which Tatum was “Full Monty” while depicting the fugitive Jeffrey Manchester, a father and an officer of the American army reserve who broke out of prison and hid the walls of A Toys ‘R’ US.
“There is this big scene in the film where [Dinklage] Channing Tatum grabs that shower in the middle of the night, ”said Cianfrance People. “You can write this scene, but then you have to shoot it. And it’s … Channing must have introduced itself.”
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The film, which was created in Tiff, features Dinklage as a Mitch and Kirsten Dunst store director as Leigh, an employee of Toys ‘R’ Us who develops a romance with the fugitive.
Note “there was nothing to hide”, Cianfrance confirmed that Tatum was entirely naked during the scene, which was also the first time that Dinklage met his co-star.
Juno Temple, Lakeith Stanfield, Derek Cianfrance, Kirsten Dunst and Channing Tatum attend the first of ‘Roofman’ at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2025 on September 6, 2025 in Toronto, Ontario. (Emma McIntyre / Getty Images)
“It was quite fun to see Peter and Channing interact in this way. It was the first time they met because I was trying to separate my actors because I wanted them to be surprised,” said Cianfrance. “So Channing and Peter have never seen each other. The first time Peter saw Channing was full of Monty.”
After the beginnings of the film last week at the Toronto International Film Festival, Roofman will be presented on October 10 in American theaters.
