Ricky Martin still remembers casting a fresh-faced Channing Tatum over two decades ago.

The Puerto Rican pop star conquered the Latin pop craze at the turn of the millennium, but nobody who watched his 2000 music video for She Bangs knew then that theyd caught a glimpse of a future A-lister in a minor role.

I just told the people from the production of the video Just go out scouting and invite everybody to come to the Bahamas ... and thats what happened, and there he was, Martin explained on Thursdays broadcast of Watch What Happens Live, referring to Tatum.

When asked if he still keeps in touch with the Magic Mike actor, Martin said that he does through the internet, where Tatum said thank you for the first opportunity of his career. In the same year as She Bangs, Tatum also appeared in ads for Pepsi and Mountain Dew .

He has since become a megastar, working with acclaimed directors like Michael Mann , Steven Soderbergh and Quentin Tarantino . Tatum, who is dating fellow actor Zo Kravitz and seems to share a special bond with her father reflected on She Bangs in 2022.

My very first job ever was a Ricky Martin video, he said to a surprised Sandra Bullock , his Lost City co-star, in a Wired video that year. I was in She Bangs. I was a bartender with face paint and a mohawk.