Twisters is in theaters July 17. Twisters is in theaters July 17. Glen Powell knows he looks — well, like that.
One of his early parts, in the 2012 romance Stuck in Love, was named, quite simply, “Good Looking Frat Guy,” and a number of his roles since then have been variations on that idea. His dim, handsome golf-star character on the show Scream Queens had a name — the extremely Glen Powell–y Chad Radwell — but really, he too was Good Looking Frat Guy. A running bit about his character in last year’s surprisingly horny rom-com Anyone But You is that even though he falls madly for Sydney Sweeney’s character early in their relationship, she thinks he’s a self-involved, fitness-obsessed finance bro who sees her as disposable.
Hangman, the hot-dogging flyboy he plays in Top Gun: Maverick , is a cocksure jackass who thinks he’s the best pilot in the crew. Tom Cruise naturally puts him in his place, but when Hangman comes out of nowhere to save the day at the very end of the film, his unflinching, ice-cool poise is a rousing balm — a reminder that we’re watching a popcorn flick where everything will turn out okay. Powell’s role in Twisters , the much-anticipated big-budget sequel to the 1996 blockbuster tornado thriller Twister, could be a not-so-distant cousin of Hangman.
We sense that Tyler Owens, “a hillbilly with a YouTube channel” who chases storms with a Teflon swagger, will turn out to be an all-right dude by the end of the picture. He’s one.
