Glen Powell leans on Tom Cruise for career advice
Glen Powell has heaped praise on Tom Cruise, revealing that he leans on the Hollywood star for advice.
Glen Powell loves being able to lean on Tom Cruise for career advice.
The 37-year-old actor previously starred alongside Tom, 63, in Top Gun: Maverick, and Glen has now revealed that he leaned on the Hollywood icon ahead of shooting The Running Man, the sci-fi action thriller film produced and directed by Edgar Wright.
Asked what "trade secrets" Tom shared with him, Glen told The Hollywood Reporter: "He was just always telling me, 'Don’t do some of these stunts late at night when you’re tired.'
"He was asking me questions about what the movie was like and what it looked like and how it spanned. And I was like, 'Yeah, a lot of it is at night.' And he was like, 'That’s going to be a problem. Your body is extremely tired at night. People get hurt more often when shooting at five in the morning [because] you’re rushing to make it before sunrise.'
"So most of the advice I got was really just about how not to die on this movie. That was most of it.
"But I feel so grateful that I can call him for advice. The reality is there’s probably only one person on the planet that can give this type of advice, and it’s him. So the fact that he’s one call away and he’s always willing to pick up, it’s unbelievable."
Glen also relished the experience of working with Edgar on The Running Man.
The actor explained that every shot in the new movie "is designed to make it as thrilling as possible for the audience".
He explained: "The fun part about talking to Edgar about these things is that almost every single shot has a cinematic inspiration.
"I haven’t talked to him about what the inspiration was for the bridge shot, but when you get a guy like Edgar who designs every shot, there’s no hosing down for coverage.
"Every shot is designed to make it as thrilling as possible for the audience.
"Just look at how we covered that deadly game of chicken that ends in this crazy explosion and a jump off the bridge. That was a hard thing to pull off, practically and correctly, rather than just going, 'Hey, we’re going to long lens it. Shoot it from here, shoot it from here and put [a camera] here.'
"Edgar knows the edit before he shoots, and while it makes it way more difficult to shoot, it leads to a highly kinetic cinematic adventure. So doing things the right way instead of the easy way is just a different experience for the audience."
