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Despite recently calling off their engagement, Zoë Kravitz remembers Channing Tatum's 'charisma.'
On Thursday, the 36-year-old daughter of singer Lenny Kravitz opened up about casting and working alongside her ex in Blink Twice — which she directed, wrote and starred in — while appearing on Variety's Directors on Directors.
'Channing was the first person I thought of for Slater King, and I don’t know where that came from, similar to you,' she told Matt Reeves, who directed her in The Batman.
The multi-hyphenate added: 'I knew that the character needed to be somebody who we think we trust, especially because you don’t believe Naomi [Ackie] is getting on that plane if it’s someone who is immediately insidious.
'I wanted to weaponize his charisma. We’ve never seen him do something like that,' she shared.
Blink Twice, which was released in August, follows a group of women who are exposed to strange occurrences after being invited to the private island of a billionaire tech mogul with his wealthy male friends.
Despite recently calling off their engagement, Zoë Kravitz recalled Channing Tatum 's 'charisma' while appearing on Variety's Directors on Directors with The Batman filmmaker Matt Reeves; Zoë seen in December
The Rough Night star's insight on her former lover comes two months after they ended their year-long engagement.
It was in late October that a source close to the Batman actress and the Magic Mike star revealed that they had called it quits after three years together.
A different sourced told People, 'The split is amicable. They realized they're at different stages in life.'
Another said they 'haven’t been on the same page and grew apart.'
But its not goodbye forever, as the exes are slated to act alongside each other in their forthcoming film Alpha Gang.
It is also slated to star Dave Bautista, Steven Yeun, Léa Seydoux and Riley Keough.
Shooting is expected to begin sometime in mid to late 2025. An expected release date has not yet been confirmed.
Production insiders recently shared that the duo will be moving forward with the project and that they have respect for one another.
'I wanted to weaponize his charisma. We’ve never seen him do something like that,' she said of his surprise villain role; Zoë and Channing seen in August
The Rough Night star's insight on her former lover comes two months after they ended their year-long engagement; Zoë and Channing seen in August
The former couple were last pictured together on Channing's Instagram page in a post from September 3
But its not goodbye forever, as the exes are slated to act alongside each other in their forthcoming film Alpha Gang; Channing and Zoë seen in August
'They will continue to work together and are excited about a new project. They both love filming and creating,' they shared.
'Channing has a lot of respect for Zoë's focus and passion.'
The split was a particular shock for the couple, as the Deadpool & Wolverine star had been spotted with fresh ink of Zoë's initials on the back of his hand in September.
The former couple were last pictured together on Channing's Instagram page in a post from September 3, which showed Zoë apparently snoozing on her then-fiancé's shirtless chest as he snapped a selfie of the two.
In his caption, the actor serenaded his love as he promoted Blink Twice.
'This little sweet. She So tired bro. Every time I wondered if she’d break…. She just kept going and going and going,' he gushed.
'Always on the dig for truth. She pour’d every single ounce of her into this film,' he gushed. 'I’m so proud to stand ten toes down for her, this film and everyone in it. forever. Knowing what it took to make it. No one will ever know.'
He concluded on a sweet note, adding, 'Thank you for finding me and seeing me. I got you forever. Me and you back to back against it all. I’ll never blink. Let’s go.'
The former A-list couple's last in-person sighting appears to have been on October 6, when they were seen on a date night at a production of the play Picture Day at Coffey Street Studio in Brooklyn's Red Hook neighborhood.
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