Channing Tatum 'Dancing got me through action movie'

Channing Tatum says his dancing background got him through action movie Haywire unscathed.

The 31-year-old Step Up star has told how he didn’t put a step wrong on the film after treating fight scenes and stunts as if they were dance steps.

“When you’re swinging as hard as you can and your missing each other by centimeters, it’s a little nerve-racking, but most of all it is like dancing,” says Channing.

“I was never a trained dancer, I never took a class, but when you dance and you know control, you know that relationship to someone, distance, things like that it can be very fluid.”

Tatum recently admitted he is “not the best actor” in the world

“You gotta do the Dear Johns. You gotta do The Vow,” he said.

“I’m conscious about why I did those parts, those movies. I wanted to learn from Rachel McAdams on The Vow.

“I wanted to learn from Lasse Hallstrom on Dear John he did The Cider House Rules and What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. I didn’t go to acting school, so my knowledge of story, filmmaking, and character comes from just being on set and doing it.

“I know I’m not the best actor. But I hope my characters are getting better.