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Dazed And Confused Director Compares Top Gun’s Glen Powell To Ben Affleck Early In His Career: ‘He Just Thought Big’



Back in 1993, acclaimed director Richard Linklater gave audiences Dazed and Confused, one of the best high school movies of all time. Its plot was simple, as it revolved around a group of ‘70s teens and their shenanigans on the last day of school. A lot stars, who would eventually become big names, were a part of the ensemble flick, including Ben Affleck, who played high school bully Fred O’Bannion. Linklater actually believes that Top Gun: Maverick‘s Glen Powell — who he’s collaborating with for the fourth time on the film Hit Man — is very similar to a younger Affleck and explained the “big” reason why.

Richard Linklater and Glen Powell are Texas natives, who are filming movies in their home state compared to Hollywood. Having previously collaborated for Fast Food Nation, Everybody Wants Some!! and Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood before Hit Man, they’ve gotten to know each other quite well. After working with the 35-year-old actor for four films, the Boyhood director told Men’s Health that he believes Powell is similar to Ben Affleck due to their serious passion for the craft of acting:

You gotta love it enough that you like every part of it. Ben Affleck had a certain quality like that. He just thought big, even as a young man. It was like, ‘Oh, he has a big picture.’ Glen does, too.



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