Glen Powell reveals Tom Cruise’s unapologetic acting tips — and goes nude in photo shoot
nypost.comMen’s Health about his career, love life and what he thinks makes a movie star. Powell, who starred in last year’s hit “Top Gun: Maverick,” revealed that in order to prepare for his role as the cocky Lt.
Jake “Hangman” Seresin, he and Hollywood legend Tom Cruise spent hours watching movies and discussing his character’s traits. “We would watch movies and talk about certain actors that he was kind of like, what the body posture was,” Powell, 35, who posed naked for the December cover shoot, recalled. “He was like, ‘You as a person are very apologetic.
You don’t want to hurt people, you want to treat people well, you apologize even when you don’t need to. You can’t have any of that in your eyes.’” Cruise, 61, reportedly told Powell that while everyone in the film is worried about the mission they’ve been assigned, Seresin is cool and confident in his abilities.
Despite the box office success of the action flick, Powell has yet to find lasting love — and said that his career has possibly hindered him from building a family. “That’s why I became a dog dad,” Powell said, referring to his rescue dog, Brisket, whom he adopted shortly after ending his relationship with Gigi Paris. “I needed to put love into something.
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