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Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Some of the true story details about the real-life Gary Johnson were left out of Hit Man. The new Glen Powell film features the Top Gun: Maverick breakout star in his most versatile role yet, playing a loner college professor who moonlights as an assassin for his local police department.
Related Glen Powell's 8-Year-Old Box Office Bomb Is A Must-Watch After Netflix's Hit Man Glen Powell and Richard Linklater's Hit Man success is the perfect reminder to watch their hangout comedy movie that flew under the radar in 2016. 8 Gary Had Other Aliases Such As Mike Caine, Jody Eagle, & Chris Buck Apparently, Gary Johnson had many more aliases than the ones depicted in Linklater and Powell's Hit Man. It's somewhat unsurprising considering just how long the real-life Gary Johnson had been going undercover as a hitman. Some of his other popular real-life aliases included some simple and even ridiculous names such as Jody Eagle, Mike Caine, and Chris Buck.
6 Gary Became A Local Houston Celebrity During The 1990s One of the most overlooked aspects of the true story of Gary Johnson that is left out of Hit Man is how much of a local celebrity Gary had become in and around Houston, Texas. According to Texas Monthly, "By the mid-nineties Johnson’s performances were getting buzz in the local media: The Houston Chronicle regularly ran stories about his cases that contained both his name and the occasional quote from him.
4 Gary Was Hired By A Teen To Kill His Classmate, Not His Mother The shockingly young teenage client in Hit Man who tried to pay Gary in video games is based on a real-life person, with two main differences. One, the video games were made by Atari for a computer, not an Xbox, and two, the teenage boy wanted Gary to kill a fellow classmate instead of his mother.
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