Glen Powell is giving credit where credit is due.
The Twisters actor on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST) responded to a report quoting an unnamed Hollywood producer who said that Powell appeals to both male and female audiences compared Hollywood heavyweight Ryan Gosling, “whose appeal is mostly limited to female audiences”.
“Gosling is a legend,” Powell wrote on his X page in response to the article on The Wrap.
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“I’m just Glen.”
The latter part of his comment was a sly reference to Gosling’s Oscar-nominated Barbie role Ken, as well as the song I’m Just Ken from the movie, also nominated for an Academy Award last year. (Barbie was produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, which is owned by CNN’s parent company Warner Bros. Discovery.)
It’s no question that Powell is one of the buzziest rising movie stars after he appeared alongside Tom Cruise in 2022’s hugely popular Top Gun: Maverick sequel.
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Powell’s latest film Twisters has grossed nearly $US350 million ($515 million) at the global box office, marking a strong follow-up after Anyone But You – the 2023 rom-com in which he starred with Sydney Sweeney – grossed $US220 million ($324 million) worldwide.
He’s gearing up to begin production on The Running Man next, a remake the 1987 movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger based on the Stephen King novel about a contestant in a deadly game show.
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It’s also no question that Gosling, a three-time Oscar nominee, has already cemented himself as a Hollywood leading man, so we trust that people – of all genders – already know and appreciate his bona fides.
The comparison does, however, beg the question: Can you feel the… Glenergy?
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