Glen Powell nearly didn't make the cut for "Top Gun: Maverick." Powell, 33, shared with The Hollywood Reporter that, in July 2018, he got a phone call informing him he didn’t get the role in the film for which he had spent weeks auditioning. "This one I just took very personally and was just plain sad," he told the outlet.
Powell, best known for his role in "Scream Queens," originally auditioned for the role of Rooster, the on-screen son of Goose who was Lt.
Maverick’s partner.That role went to Miles Teller. Glen Powell attends the "Top Gun: Maverick" Royal Film Performance at Leicester Square May 19, 2022, in London. (Neil Mockford/FilmMagic) Powell shared that he spent several weeks preparing for his audition and even traveled to Coronado’s North Island military base to "live in that world for a couple weeks." A week after Powell got the devastating phone call, the film’s lead, Tom Cruise, gave him a ring. "No movie star calls the guy that doesn’t get the role," Powell said. "Movie stars typically want the glory without the nitty-gritty of having to break people’s hearts." Powell said he was reluctant to take on a smaller role in the film.
After several phone calls with Cruise, though, Powell accepted the role of Hangman, a role similar to Val Kilmer’s Iceman in the original "Top Gun." Glen Powell shared that he almost didn't get a role in "Top Gun: Maverick." After several calls with Tom Cruise he decided to take a smaller role. (Marc Piasecki/FilmMagic) "You could spend an entire career playing great roles in movies that leave no mark on people," he shared with the outlet.
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