Netflix’s Hit Man and Gary Johnson’s IRL story, compared – how much of the new film is true? Glen Powell plays the philosophy teacher and fake hitman, but portrays a different ending than reality ...

Netflix’s Hit Man , starring Glen Powell , is based on the true story of former fake hitman Gary Johnson, but the ending is different from reality. The new film follows Johnson, who spends his mornings teaching philosophy at a university in New Orleans and the rest of his time helping the New Orleans Police Department conduct sting operations on people who want to hire a hitman. {"@context":"https://schema.

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com/sites/default/files/d8/images/canvas/2024/06/12/79ff088d-7b84-432a-9878-8c0646756f1d_595de0ff.jpg"} Glen Powell in a scene from Hit Man. Photo: Netflix via AP When Jasper (Austin Amelio), a crooked cop, is pulled out of the sting operation, Johnson takes over as the fake hitman.

He excels, and the police ask him to become their phoney hitman permanently. In 2001, Texas Monthly staff writer Skip Hollandsworth wrote a feature article about Johnson, his double life and his success as a fake hitman – a role he played for 30 years, starting in 1989. Screenwriters have been trying to turn the story into a film since 2001, but none have succeeded – until now.

Hit Man director Richard Linklater and Powell co-wrote the story, focusing on Johnson’s relationship with a woman he tries to capture in a sting operation. {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"ImageObject","caption":"Hit Man, starring Glen Powell, is partially based on a true story.

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