'Top Gun: Maverick' star Glen Powell explains the crude advice Tom Cruise gave him
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Glen Powell discussed the advice his "Top Gun: Maverick" co-star Tom Cruise gave him about embracing his character.
In the movie, Powell plays Lt. Jake "Hangman" Seresin, a cocky pilot being trained by Cruise's character, Capt. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell. Caroline Thayer is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital. Follow Caroline Thayer on Twitter at @carolinejthayer.
"Sometimes you can fall into the trap of wanting to be liked on camera," Powell explained during a conversation with Kate Hudson for Variety. "And in a movie like this, where you know there’s going to be a lot of eyes on it, you don’t want to be Draco Malfoy," he said, referencing the infamous bad-boy in the "Harry Potter" series.
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