Yahoo Movies Top Gun: Maverick's Glen Powell lands next lead movie role in action remake
Top Gun: Maverick star Glen Powell is set to star in an upcoming action movie remake.
The actor will appear alongside The Silence of The Lambs star Anthony Hopkins in Locked, which is a remake of crime thriller 4x4.
The new script has been written by Michael Arlen Ross, known for his work on Paradise Lost, The Throwaways, and Fallen.
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According to Locked's synopsis, the movie is an "intense, character-driven thriller about a thief who breaks into a luxury SUV, only to realize that he’s stumbled into a complex and deadly trap set by a mysterious figure".
It will be produced by Evil Dead and Spider-Man director Sam Raimi, while his Nightbook collaborator David Yarovesky is set to direct the film.
Speaking to Deadline, Raimi said that Yarovesky was first choice to direct the project after the pair worked together.
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"The script was so good and he’s such a good communicator that we were able to interest Anthony Hopkins, who for my generation is just about the greatest actor ever," he added.
"Glen’s character has got a soul to him that’s slowly revealed as the picture goes on.
"It seems as though he’s just a thief, someone that doesn’t care for others, but as the film unfolds, you realise he has a wife and a child that he loves and he’s wronged, and this whole experience gives him a chance to reflect back on how he’s treated them, and how he’s lived his life relative to them."
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Glen most recently starred alongside Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, Val Kilmer, Jon Hamm, and Miles Teller in Top Gun: Maverick as Lieutenant Jake 'Hangman' Seresin.
In a recent interview with IndieWire, he revealed Tom gave him some crucial advice for the role, urging him to "lean into the douchebaggery".
"Sometimes you can fall into the trap of wanting to be liked on camera. And in a movie like this, where you know there’s going to be a lot of eyes on it, you don’t want to be Draco Malfoy... But Tom gave me this advice: ‘For the ending to work, you have to completely lean into that," he said.
"Everybody else in the movie is questioning their own ability. You’re the only guy that’s not questioning it. So if there’s any sort of apology in anything you say, the movie doesn’t work."
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