Top Gun: Maverick: Glen Powell Explains How Tom Cruise Convinced Him to Play Hangman

With director Joseph Kosinski’s Top Gun: Maverick now playing in theaters around the world, I recently got to speak with Glen Powell and Greg Tarzan Davis about making the phenomenal film. During the interview, they talked about what surprised them about working with Tom Cruise, how Cruise convinced Powell to play Lt. Jake ’Hangman’ Seresin, and what they took away from the making of the film that they’ll take with them to future projects. Top Gun: Maverick is one of those rare Hollywood blockbusters that nails every aspect of movie-making. The performances are fantastic, the action sequences are incredible, and it actually makes the original film better with the way it adds to Maverick’s story. For more on the film, you can read Ross’ glowing review. Top Gun: Maverick is also one of those movies that you really want to see in IMAX. That’s because Kosinski went out of his way to make this an IMAX experience. He did this by putting six IMAX-certified cameras into the real F-18 cockpit