Richard Linklater’s Hit Man borrows from the life of an actual professor turned faux contract killer who died shortly before the movie began shooting.
Richard Linklater ’s new film stars Powell as a version of Johnson—an actual college professor who posed as “the most sought-after professional killer in Houston” while working for the city’s police, as recounted in a very entertaining 2001 Texas Monthly article by Skip Hollandsworth. Hollandsworth recounts how Johnson moved to Houston to obtain a doctorate in psychology.
“We got really fascinated about what that relationship could be.” Enter Adria Arjona’s Maddy, a woman who seeks Powell’s Johnson in hopes that he’ll terminate her cruel husband. “We knew Gary would have seen the girl’s photo when he was doing his case research, and if she was a pretty girl, it’d probably be pretty natural that he would pick a guy who’s pretty cool when he’s developing his undercover persona for her case,” Linklater told THR.
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