Unrecognizable Glen Powell reveals shocking transformation for ‘Chad Powers’ role: ‘They turned him ugly’
nypost.comwent viral on social media — and fans didn’t hold back with their reactions.“I’m scared,” one person wrote on X (formerly Twitter).“omg they turned him ugly,” another person said.“who tf did his hair????” someone else wrote.A fourth tweet read, “Looks like a blonde David arquette.”“Love ya Glen but it’s ok to say no sometimes,” another user wrote.Others joked that Powell looks like Amanda Bynes’ character in “She’s the Man.”“Chad Powers” is based on an Eli Manning ESPN+ skit from 2022.
The skit, which Manning, 43, created as part of his family’s Omaha production company, follows the retired NFL star disguising himself as Powers to try out for the Penn State football team.
The seven-minute video has over 8 million views on YouTube.In the show inspired by Mannings’ skit, Powell is playing quarterback Russ Holliday who gets kicked off his team due to bad behavior, but then disguises himself as Powers to join a struggling Southern football team.Powell, who also co-created and is executive producing the series with Michael Waldron, will star opposite Steve Zahn, Perry Mattfeld, Frankie A.
Rodriguez, Quintin Plair and Wynn Everett.“We’re both diehard college football fans,” Powell and Waldron said in a joint statement to Deadline when the series was announced in February. “When we saw Eli as Chad Powers, we knew that was the way into a big, fun story about this world.
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