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Glen Powell is giving credit score the place credit score is due.
The “Twisters” actor on Tuesday responded to a report quoting an unnamed Hollywood producer who mentioned that Powell appeals to each female and male audiences in contrast Hollywood heavyweight Ryan Gosling, “whose attraction is generally restricted to feminine audiences.”
“Gosling is a legend,” Powell wrote on his X web page in response to the article. “I’m simply Glen.”
The latter a part of his remark was a sly reference to Gosling’s Oscar-nominated “Barbie” role Ken, in addition to the tune “I’m Simply Ken” from the film, additionally nominated for an Academy Award final 12 months. (“Barbie” was produced by Warner Bros. Footage, which is owned by CNN’s mother or father firm Warner Bros. Discovery.)
It’s no query that Powell is likely one of the buzziest rising film stars after he appeared alongside Tom Cruise in 2022’s massively well-liked “Prime Gun: Maverick” sequel.
Powell’s newest movie “Twisters” has grossed almost $350 million on the world field workplace, marking a robust followup after “Anybody However You” – the 2023 rom-com through which he starred with Sydney Sweeney – grossed $220 million worldwide.
He’s gearing as much as start manufacturing on “The Running Man” subsequent, a remake the 1987 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger primarily based on the Stephen King novel a couple of contestant in a lethal recreation present.
It’s additionally no query that Gosling, a three-time Oscar nominee, has already cemented himself as a Hollywood main man, so we belief that individuals – of all genders – already know and recognize his bona fides.
The comparability does, nevertheless, beg the query: Can you really feel the… Glenergy?