Glen Powell has an aversion to rough cuts of his films. Speaking on a recent episode of the podcast, Powell related watching a rough cut of 2016’s Hidden Figures for the first time.
He wasn’t impressed and feared he ruined the film. Powell portrayed astronaut John Glenn in the Oscar-nominated movie. The historical drama was led by Octavia Spencer, Taraji P Henson and Janelle Monáe,responsible for helping to launch Glenn into space, making him the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth.
The star said he struggled when watching the rough cut. “It does get in your own head,” Powell said. “People forget that when you’re watching a rough cut of a movie, it’s probably like watching the footage of yourself that you’re having to edit.
So you sit there and you’re like, ‘I hate myself.’ “I remember watching [Hidden Figures] for the first time on the Fox lot – and this was before all the effects were done, the music was in [and] the sound design – and I literally left the movie, and I puked in the bushes.” He continued: “I thought I ruined this movie.
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