The role of the loner had no dimension

He’ll always be your executioner, but Glen Powell had a hard time finding meaning in playing Jake “Hangman” Seresin this year Top Gun: Maverick.

“Hangman” served as nemesis to Mile Teller’s Jake “Rooster” Bradshaw, son of the late Nick “Goose” Bradshaw (played by Anthony Edwards in the 1986s). top gun) and Glen Powell thought that was roughly the case extent of his character. “He was there to add conflict to Rooster’s character, which is a good thing, but he wasn’t three-dimensional and he had no reward. I didn’t know why he existed.”

But it was during filming Top Gun: Maverick that Powell was getting advice from Maverick. Powell recalled that Tom Cruise had told him: “It’s not like I need people to root for you, but I need them to love watching you… In some places in the world, that body language will take them emotionally away from your character.”

From there, Glen Powell might stop referring to his character as “Navy Draco Malfoy” and “Dick Garnish,” whatever he means by that. “In hindsight, I think, God, I can’t imagine I missed that, but it wasn’t that obvious.”

Glen Powell has had a steady career so far, with a starring role on Fox scream queensstars John Glenn as part of the Screen Actors Guild Award-winning cast of Hidden Numbers and landed a pair of Richard Linklater films. but Top Gun: MaverickGlobal grossing of nearly $1.5 billion and ranking as the fifth highest-grossing film of all time has opened up even more possibilities for it. Powell will play the Sundance Kid for Regé Jean Page’s Butch Cassidy in an upcoming Amazon series.

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