Glen Powell Is Ready for Action in First 'Hit Man' Image
When you see the words Hit Man, a good number of people instantly think of the bald headed Agent 47 from the video game series. However, this is an entirely different tale to be told by director Richard Linklater in the aftermath of one of his best works, the critically acclaimed Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood. Linklater has secured all the stars for his new piece, an action comedy led by Top Gun: Maverick's Glen Powell.
Based on an article written for Texas Monthly by award-winning journalist Skip Hollandsworth, Hit Man tells the story of a cop portrayed by Powell who goes undercover as a hitman in Houston. The gig goes smoothly til Powell's character encounters a woman trying to flee an abusive relationship. Now, the undercover cop has to toe the thin line between performing his duty and becoming like the criminals he has devoted his life to stopping.
Asides leading the film along the Andor star, Powell is also attached to the project as a writer alongside Linklater. For the director, the 2001 Texas Monthly magazine article has played a decent role in his career, as this is the second time Linklater would be adapting a story based on the writing. His 2011 crime comedy, Bernie, was the first. Alongide Powell and Arjona, Hit Man's supporting cast includes Retta , Austin Amelio , and Molly Bernard .
Speaking in an interview with Collider, the actor expressed excitement on getting to work on Hit Man with Linklater: "Rick and I wrote this movie during the pandemic. We came up with it and were noodling with it. It was fun. And then, all of a sudden, we were like, “Oh, this is pretty good.” And then, other people were really excited about it," he says. "You don’t really believe that it’s happening until, all of a sudden, you’re on set. I was like, “Oh, man, this is going down.
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