Glen Powell Will Be In The Top Gun Sequel After All — Thanks To Tom Cruise

Glen Powell must be getting his aviators ready, as the actor just landed a role in Top Gun: Maverick — and it's all thanks to his fan Tom Cruise.


According to The Hollywood Reporter, Maverick's filmmakers are "beefing up" a secret role for Powell. The news comes immediately after Powell narrowly missed out on nabbing the starring role of Goose's son to Miles Teller. Apparently, Cruise, producer Jerry Bruckheimer, and others involved in the movie determined that Powell's audition was so good, they needed him in the film, and so, the actor will join Cruise, Teller, Val Kilmer, and Jennifer Connolly for the sequel to the 1986 hit.


So why all of shifting? Maybe the filmmakers were impressed by Powell's charming reaction soon after not getting cast and determined his upbeat (and devoted!) Vibe could be good for the set. "I’m taking down all of the Tom Cruise posters in my bedroom. Maybe, I’ll leave one. Two for symmetry. OK, the posters are staying," Powell joked on Twitter when Teller's casting news first broke.


or perhaps right now that Mission: Impossible — Fallout has hit theaters, Cruise had some time to catch up on his Netflix queue and finally saw Powell's stellar efficiency in Set It Up. (The flick did just earn Reese Witherspoon's seal of approval, soon after all!)


Either way, all's well that ends well, and right now Glen Powell season is truly upon us.