"Consider this juxtaposition: back in 2022, Glen Powell spoke to me about how he had to put his career ascent on hold with the various release delays of "Top Gun: Maverick" - at first, for production reasons; later, like all of us, for pandemic reasons. But, as we would all eventually discover, he knew that he had the goods as hotshot pilot Hangman, it was just a matter of people getting to see the film."
"Smash cut to today, and there's Powell sitting in front of a giant sign that reads " The Running Man." He's not The Running Man's friend. He's not trying to catch The Running Man. He is The Running Man. (Though, Powell says the smash cuts started long before "Top Gun"; to get a truer sense of his rise, we need to start with "Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over".)"
"As opposed to the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger film, Edgar Wright's updated version is a pretty faithful adaptation of Richard Bachman's (aka Stephen King) "The Running Man." In it, Powell plays Ben Richards, a down-on-his-luck husband and father living in the far-flung future of 2025 (a nice little quirk from the original 1982 book) who agrees to participate in a game show, "The Running Man," that no one has ever won."
Glen Powell experienced career delays due to production setbacks and the pandemic before breaking out as a film star. Powell gained recognition as a hotshot pilot in Top Gun: Maverick and now headlines Edgar Wright's adaptation of The Running Man as Ben Richards. Powell also stars in and co-created Hulu's football comedy Chad Powers. The Running Man update places Richards in 2025 as a desperate husband and father who enters a deadly game show no one has won. Powell maintains a strong work ethic and expresses clear satisfaction with his career momentum.
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