In further Oscar bait casting news, GI Joe star Channing Tatum has signed on to play a heroin junkie in an adaptation of Richie Farrell’s novel What’s Left Of Us. The actor has taken on dramatic turns before in films such as Stop-Loss but this role would see him stepping out of his hard body/pretty face comfort zone. He is actually quite effective in A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints (picture above) which leads me to believe he has the potential to pull this role off.

Farrell will be adapting his own novel  which takes course over 7 days of heroin detox. The author previously directed the documentary High On Crack Street for HBO.

The film is being produced by Berkley Square Films.

Are you a fan of Tatum? Can he pull off this performance?