Even when playing naughty boy roles, it’s hard to hate Glen Powell. He has that little something eternally charming behind his big smile that he displays like a second skin. When we wait our turn to meet him to Running Manthe opinions of colleagues before us are unanimous, he IS charming. So we know the merry-go-round of press tours, and the pleasant tricks that talents sometimes impose on themselves to play the game of promotion. But believe it or not, in all our experience, Glen Powell was the only one who immediately shook our hands.
Behind his appearance as a Texan mover, hides a cinema enthusiast who likes to study every facet of the profession. Actor ? Yes. Screenwriter? Also. Long before stepping on stage, he was already beginning to imagine his own stories and his own roles. “I like writing because I feel like I can start with a blank page and use my imagination” he confides. He thus participates in the authorship of some of his projects, such as Hit Man or Chad Powers. Nevertheless, Powell is a man of the stage and he particularly enjoys sharing it. “I like the communal aspect of being on set”.
The new Tom Cruise?
We regularly associate Glen Powell with Tom Cruise. This is not trivial. Since both men starred in Top Gun : Mavericka strong friendship was born, to the point where the star of Mission : Impossible continually gave advice to his protégé on Running Manon the way he runs, on action scenes… In his cinema addict posture and his charming smile, Powell can even be seen as a sort of new version of Cruise. Less Scientology.
The parallel does not end there since for Running ManGlen Powell performed his own stunts. If he does not yet define himself as a stuntman worthy of his model, the two men say almost the same thing about the importance of physically playing a role.
“I think that when you put energy, if you put energy into something, the audience receives that energy. And when I put myself in the place of the spectator and I see on the screen someone doing a physical, kinesic scene, my level of investment in the film will not be the same. Running Man was very physical, because I wanted to give the audience the best possible experience.”
An Action Man? Undoubtedly.
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Humor is omnipresent in Running Man. The touch of Edgar Wright, certainly, but which fits perfectly with its main actor for whom the little touch of comedy is essential in his filmographyeven when it is less convenient. As if we should never forget that it was still a game.
“I like heroes like Harrison Ford, where even in action films there was always a sense of play. It makes watching those films tenfold more enjoyable. In Running Man, even though Ben Richards’ character isn’t supposed to be funny, he has these purely comedic moments. I can say thank you to Wright because he knows how to make pressure, intention and comedy work together.”
For Powell, the best example remains the role of John McClane played by Bruce Willis in the saga Die Hard. An action hero living scenes that he turns into something fun for the audience. “The risks are high, but because of the circumstances, he has these brilliant, hilarious moments”. With Ben Richards, Glen Powell wants to play this old-fashioned action hero, capable of delivering a punchline after a physical sequence. No wonder one of his first film roles was in Expendables 3with all the old masters of the genre.
A Showman ? Surely.
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The contagious enthusiast
And if there is one thing that is striking when we look at the different interpretations of the man, it is the alchemy that he immediately exudes with each of his partners. To the point of having caused some rumors with Sydney Sweeney at the time of Everything except you. When asked what his secret is, again, it’s the enthusiast who speaks.
“It’s the best experience in the world when two people find themselves sharing the light of the stage, there is a chemistry. For me, all the magic is when you find this light in your co-star and you already know that the audience is going to feel it when they watch the film. I feel very happy to work with these people.”
That’s good, they look pretty good on him. Although in Running Man, he hogs the camera with a lot of single sequences, we feel that it is when he shares it that the actor expresses himself best, like Twisters. A way of saying that cinema is a pleasure that can be sharedon screen or in front, and we feel that we will share it with Glen Powell for a long time to come. A real Cinematographer.
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