The Running Man is sprinting into full gear. Meaning that the press for the highly anticipated Edgar Wright adaptation is underway and star Glen Powell is talking about the process of finding Ben Richards.
In the novel and now Wright’s film, Ben is a father to a young girl named Cathy. She gets sick and Ben decides to volunteer for a game called “The Running Man” that will earn his family enough money to hopefully save Cathy. So a lot of what makes Ben a sympathetic character is his love for his family. Which is easy for Powell to relate to.
