Sun’s out, fun’s out!
“Hedid,” says Powell, 33.
“I would be updating him about my progress and he would check in with me.”
Glen Powell in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’.Paramount Pictures
“And there was a certificate for a stunt driving school next to it.
That’s next.”
Powell’s gung-ho attitude would doubtless hey his danger-seekingTop Gun: Maverickcharacter.
Glen Powell in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’.Paramount Pictures
“He’s a cocky pilot who has a good time flying.
In a very intense movie, he’s having the best time of anybody.”
“Hangman could be considered Iceman-adjacent,” says the actor.
“Movies are a big part of my family,” he says.
“I liken him showing meTop Gunto a dad playing catch with his son for the first time.
One take he forgets to tap me on the back and just slams my head on the computer.
I was kind of dazed.
I was like, Oh st, I don’t know if I have a concussion or what.
Chris [Nolan] was like, ‘Can we do it again, just like that?’
I was like, ‘Yeah, yeah, we can do it again just like that.’
He was like, ‘I’m kidding!
Go to the medic.'”
He also reunited with Linklater on 2016’sEverybody Wants Some!!
“I got the call that I did not getTop Gunon July 3,” he says.
“So Glen came in and I sat down in a room with him and Tom.
Tom said to him, ‘What kind of career do you want Glen?’
And Glen said, ‘I want your career, Tom.’
Tom said, How do you think I got here?’
And Glen said, ‘By picking great roles.’
For Glen that was a real eye-opening moment.
Kosinski planned on shooting the footage of the pilots flying while the cast were actually airborne.
“We were all in the trenches together,” he says.
Cruise took a personal interest in the progress of his costars.
“I would sarcastically fill out these reports and write funny things.
“That was the really trying time for all the young guns,” he says.
“It felt right,” he says.
“It felt really great.”
He’s now leaving our interview to go spend time with his family, in Vegas with him.
“We’re all going out in flight suits tonight,” he says.
“I’m serious,” he says.
“My dad his call sign is Hangdad.
I’ve got Hangmom and Hangdad here with me in flight suits.”
“Oh yeah,” he says.
“Have you tried the cake?
The cake is unreal.
My family looks forward to the cake every year.”
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