Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist Glen Powell on Hollywood Partnerships and Career Momentum (May 2024)
Feb 22, 2026
Glen Powell, actor, writer and producer known for Top Gun: Maverick and Hit Man, shares his rise in Hollywood and creative collaborations. He talks about co-writing with Richard Linklater and making Hit Man. He discusses his partnership with Sydney Sweeney, viral success from Anyone But You, mentors like Tom Cruise, and his plans for directing and new projects.
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Do Film School By Working With Masters
- Learn filmmaking by working with great directors and treating those collaborations as film school.
- Powell plans to direct later but is using current projects with Linklater and others as on-the-job training.
They Gambled On A Theatrical Rom-Com And Won
- For Anyone But You, Powell and Sydney Sweeney gambled on a theatrical, cinematic rom-com and intentionally made it feel like an event.
- Their gamble paid off as the film went viral on TikTok and earned about $220 million.
Choose Release Strategy To Create Cultural Events
- Treat theatrical and streaming as different channels and choose release strategy to create cultural events when appropriate.
- Powell argued rom-coms can be theatrical if presented cinematically and marketed as event films.