United Kingdom, Jan. 25 -- Channing Tatum "bawled [his] eyes out" while watching Josephine.

The 45-year-old actor stars alongside Gemma Chan, Philip Ettinger, Syra McCarthy and Mason Reeves in the new thriller-drama film, which focuses on an eight-year-old girl who witnesses a brutal assault in Golden Gate Park, and Channing admits that the movie took an emotional toll on him.

The Hollywood star - who has a 12-year-old daughter called Everly with his ex-wife Jenna Dewan - told Variety: "One of the scenes that got me, and I wasn't there for the filming it, is when Josephine is looking through the window and drawing things.

"I bawled my eyes out. It was such a beautiful scene. That was unexpected. There are so many moments in this movie ...