I think he meets the qualifications of a "movie star" in that his persona and look are worked into the material rather than around it. That said, I think Hit Man is the only good movie of the three and that's a movie he uses to show his breadth and depth. Adria Arjona can hang with him in a way that Sydney Sweeny and Daisy Edgar Jones can't. Plus he cowrote it with the Linklater.

Using him as a teeny bopper in these broad films seems like a necessary step to something more substantive. Hopefully that's not just an Oscar play with a biopic.

UPCOMING PROJECTS

Edgar Wright's The Running Man remake

The futuristic United States of 2025 when the world has become a dystopia.

Chad Powers, a TV show based on an Eli Manning character

A disgraced college quarterback named Russ Holliday disguises himself as Chad Powers and walks onto a struggling southern football team to revive his football career.

Monsanto from the director of The Blind Side

Young attorney Brent Wisner takes on a case against Monsanto on behalf of groundskeeper Dewayne "Lee" Johnson, who used the company's weed killer Roundup and developed cancer. Despite Monsanto's toxicologist testifying to Roundup's safety.

Huntington from the director of Emily the Criminal

A young man hatches a murderous plot to inherit his family's wealth.

tom cruise christened him. he's next up

f*** this cruise surrogate, & whatever agency represents him

Great value Ryan reynolds

I always thought Reynolds was bleh but then I saw him shirtless in Amityville Horror last week and now im all messed up inside

I think that's Zachary Levi lol.

Levi wanna have Ryan Reynolds career so bad and copies him at every turn lol.

another generic nouvea riche ken-looking hollywood actor, needs to show more range yet

folks hating but all three films in OP are decent to good

star actors dont necessarily need to have or display range

"star actors dont necessarily need to have or display range"
Yeah true but if that's the case then we're not gonna champion you as "Him" when there's niggas that actually have what you lack

I'm not buying into his hype just yet but bro does have talent. Let's give him time to actually prove he's THAT nigga over everyone else

charisma through the roof

His interpupillary distance freaks me out.

He could be the next Tom Cruise. He needs a high profile relationship to take him over the top

He's got a fun name to say that goes a long way

GLENN POWELL

Been a star since Scream Queens

Yall just catching up

Just refreshing to have an actor willing to do different types of movies

From mainstream movies like Top Gun and Twisters to romcoms like Set It Up and Anyone But You down to smaller movies like Everyone Wants Some and the Edgar Wright flick

He’s about to go on a run of remakes of old movies though

Running Man, Backdraft, Heaven Can Wait

This was underrated btw. Majors had the better performance but tbf to Glen his character wasn’t given much to do

He’s kinda the new Matthew McConaughey

industry plant ngl

Just the next white man hollywood puts in everything
His actual performances has never stood out to me like “wow this guy can act”
Overrated imo and definitely pushed way too much

Wack!

Kinda crazy. Feel like both these dudes were being set up to be "the guys" for the next decade of movies. One fumbled and the other is still yet to be seen.

Powell seems like a cool guy, but I haven't really seen much from him that really moves me. Of the 4 or 5 movies I've seen him in, he kinda plays the same role. He's not bad, but it's not like the roles really demand much of him.

He's a good talent and does a refreshing range of films but its not really at the level of any major star we've seen before him. I get the good sentiments around him but i feel like the comparisons may set him up for failure. He still needs to carve out his own space

I haven't really seen him in anything i was super enticed by yet and those future projects don't seem like it'll change that for now

Woulda been great to have both continue to shine and then look back on the relatively small film they starred in together. Was a perfect set up and both are the same age. Still feel like Glenn hasn't hit the pocket Majors was at yet before he blew it