Glen Powell is clearing up a rumor about his profession.
The actor, 36, clarified whether or not or not he’s taking up for his “Top Gun” co-star Tom Cruise within the “Mission: Impossible” film franchise.
Pat McAfee known as the “Twisters” star on the telephone on the Nov. 12 broadcast of “The Pat McAfee Show” and introduced up the “Mission: Impossible” rumors.
“We just want to call and say congratulations, brother,” McAfee, 37, mentioned.
However Powell — who was on the telephone from the set of Edgar Wright’s “The Running Man” — clarified that he’s not Cruise’s substitute.
“My mom would never let me do that,” he mentioned.
“That’s the worst gig in town, everybody knows that,” Powell added, referring to how Cruise, 62, does his personal stunts within the spy movie franchise.
“That’s a death trap,” Powell additionally mentioned.
McAfee was bummed concerning the information and jokingly yelled “He’s lying!” on the telephone name.
Cruise has starred as Ethan Hunt within the “Mission: Impossible” franchise since 1996. It’s been rumored that the eighth movie, titled “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning” and set for launch in Could 2025, shall be Cruise’s final.
Nevertheless, frequent “Mission: Impossible” director Christopher McQuarrie beforehand advised the “Light the Fuse” podcast that followers can’t imagine all the pieces they hear relating to Cruise’s future with the movie sequence.
“Let me tell you, I’ve been working with Tom Cruise for 15 years and I cannot tell you the number of times I’ve been standing next to the man, witnessed an event and then read about it in the trades the next day and none of what they describe is actually true,” the director mentioned.
Cruise and Powell labored collectively in 2022’s “Top Gun: Maverick” and are each anticipated to return within the upcoming third movie.
In a Could 2024 interview with GQ Journal, Powell detailed his friendship with Cruise and what he’s realized concerning the business from the Oscar nominee.
“The one thing I feel we’re kindred spirits in is he’s obsessed with movies,” Powell shared. “That was our love language on set. I got to watch a guy who knew every department. He was able to clearly interface with everyone, and be so friendly and respectful and be able to communicate that vision.”
Over the summer season, Cruise supported Powell on the “Twisters” premiere in London. The “Jerry Maguire” star shared a photograph of the pair on the occasion on Instagram, writing, “Fun night with friends, watching a movie!!”
Whereas selling the “Twister” sequel, Powell advised the Hollywood Reporter that he’s “idolized” Cruise his “whole life.”
“There will never be another Tom Cruise,” Powell additionally declared. “That is a singular career in a singular moment, but also movie stars of the ’80s, ’90s, early 2000s, those will never be re-created.”
