Another big summer for Glen Powell has arrived with his latest movie, Hit Man , which continues to be among the top viewed movies people are streaming with a Netflix subscription right now. While audiences and critics alike are really digging this one, there is something about the movie that the internet is calling it out on over and over. After Glen Powell rose to prominence as an actor, particularly for playing a hot shot pilot in 2022’s Top Gun : Maverick , some audiences are just able to believe him in his latest role.
As one Twitter user @TheLG1000 shared: Hit Man was a fun breezy rom-com drama. Crazy story. Most unrealistic thing is Glen Powell playing an uncharismatic nerdy teacher.
C’mon, that guy is Hangman. In Hit Man , Powell plays a professor of psychology and philosophy who one wouldn’t expect to be also working undercover with the New Orleans Police Department to help with undercover sting operations. However, some people are just not buying it.
As another Twitter post (from @willforthrill) reads: Just started Hit Man and I already have a problem with this movie. There’s no way they want me to think that Glen Powell isn’t a Cool Guy. In recent years, Glen Powell has been cast a few times as a verified Cool Guy, not only for being part of the Top Gun: Maverick cast , but also for being greatly shirtless for his rom-com with Sydney Sweeney , Anyone But You , as well as his Navy role in 2022’s Devotion .
Powell is playing against type for Hit Man , but .
