Glen Powell put a hat on Chris Pratt, indirectly helping him become a real movie star. This is because Powell believes Pratt’s breakthrough role in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy is a turning point for Hollywood to be more open, with the “a bit stupid and buoyant” leading men being more open.
“Guardians of the Galaxy” opened in 2014, and in the same year, Powell played a small supporting role in the action movie The Debendables 3. Powell has been working hard and failing for years to hit Hollywood's Big. He told GQ Magazine in a new cover story that the industry favors “contemplative or dark” types of preferences like Christian Bale and “Twilight” – Robert Pattinson, and Robert Pattinson made him his own move when playing a big role. But Pratt changed things.
“I remember Chris Pratt erupting in Guardians of the Galaxy,” Powell said. There is no doubt that it does help – no breeding or darkness. Play. ”
Powell is now one of Hollywood's hottest leaders. He made the box office with “Anyone” and “Twisters”. When it comes to Action Star mode, Powell was able to call up his mentor and “Top Gun: Maverick” co-star Tom Cruise to direct. Cruise told him to make the show a physical job.
“I know, according to Stephen King’s book, [my character] Ben Richards is a tank,” Powell said. I was like, ‘Okay, I have to be a weapon.’ That’s why I train myself to train for this. I wear a lot of muscles. A lot of them are functional. A lot of them are like this, and I can absorb hits. But, a lot of people are also true to the audience as well…I went from “Oh, I’m an actor in the movie” to “I’m a high-performance athlete.” I’m lucky, I have people like Tom and I can go, “Hey, what should I do? ”
Cruise also helps keep Powell's check. The actor told GQ that when he showed up with a coffee drink with mushroom-infused mushrooms, “Cruise gives me shit”.
“You put Ashwagandha, Reishi and Cordyceps and all of this stuff into your coffee,” Powell said. “So I mix it up, mix it together, put it in this mason jar, and put it in a fixed place. I flew that day, so I was drinking this stuff. But, all of these solid mushrooms – it looks like this fanatic, just disgusting… nauseating… [Tom] A little bit looking at me for a second, he was like, “You look like you're drinking a stool sample. What yes That? 'I was like, 'Okay, this, I've taken it too far. '”
Go to GQ Magazine's website to read the full cover story of Powell.