Though his star is on the rise, Glen Powell was not going to let a possibility go him by to struggle for the lead position in Wright’s upcoming remake.
Glen Powell’s inventory rose considerably since his flip as the standard group antagonist in High Gun: Maverick, which adopted within the footsteps of Val Kilmer’s Iceman within the unique. As he partakes in romcoms (Anybody However You), quirky character items (Hit Man) and the upcoming big-budget catastrophe movie, Twisters, the final 12 months has been fairly the trip for Powell. Of the many tasks he’s been introduced to partake sooner or later, one which the star admitted he vied for was the lead in Edgar Wright’s upcoming re-adaptation of The Operating Man.
IndieWire not too long ago sat down with the star when the topic of The Operating Man entered the chat. Powell acknowledged, “It was so fun for me because I searched ‘Edgar Wright’ in my email the other day, writing ‘Edgar.’ We’ve been going back and forth on script stuff, and it’s so fun. The world that Edgar’s developed on this thing is just outrageous. It’s so good. And really, we’re just both such big fans of the Stephen King book, and it’s going to be a great character. I’m so fired up about it. But I searched my email, and I searched Edgar Wright in my email, and it came up: I had a wish list of directors that I wanted to work with in 2008 when I moved out to LA that I sent my agent at the time — and Edgar Wright is literally number one. I’m such an Edgar Wright man. And so, the fact that I get to work with him right now is just so damn cool.”
The Twisters star mentioned he had advised Wright about his wishlist, “Yeah, I made a bit of an 11th-hour plea to him on the job. To just let him know, anybody that’s ever worked with me knows, you’re never going to outbeat my work ethic on stuff. But sometimes it’s just a good reminder for a filmmaker to know, hey, when we get in the trenches, I’m going to serve it up. I’m going to deliver. And I’m going to deliver for you because not only do I take this job seriously, but I’m also just a fan, and you don’t want to disappoint your heroes … Edgar has also become a friend in the last few years. So that’s been really fun for us to finally get in the trenches together.”
