Glen Powell has been having quite a moment. The Top Gun: Maverick breakout starred in 2022’s underrated Korean War epic, Devotion, and has reunited with Richard Linklater for this year’s Hit Man. Powell also has romantic comedy Anyone But You with Sydney Sweeney and Twisters — an update to the iconic 1996 disaster flick –both in post-production.
The massive Texas football fan has also been seen on the sidelines with Matthew McConaughey this season and sat in as the guest picker on ESPN’s College GameDay last year.
So it’s wholly unsurprising that Men’s Health chose the charismatic leading man as their cover model for December. Well, that and the fact that he’s in pretty good shape.
Powell is photographed in workout gear, a towel and even nothing in the spread. His new dog, Brisket, even makes an appearance.
Glen Powell photographed by AB+DM for Men’s Health pic.twitter.com/5v7IQ6VVPQ
— Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) November 14, 2023
But busting out the buns was apparently all an elaborate plot by the savvy Powell, who hilariously tweeted he only did it to combat a post from @koalarolls from back in April that alleged he looked like “…a capybara who made a wish to become human.”
I only took off my pants to try and bury this photo. https://t.co/APdbHc5A1s pic.twitter.com/RpsigwfHKT
— Glen Powell (@glenpowell) November 15, 2023
That April post may have had 9 million impressions and garnered over 260k likes, but Powell can at least laugh at it.
