Glen Powell has recalled watching a rough cut of 2016’s Hidden Figures for the first time, admitting he was terrified his performance “ruined” the movie.
Powell, 35, portrayed real-life astronaut John Glenn in director Theodore Melfi’s Oscar-nominated movie. The historical drama was led by Octavia Spencer, Taraji P Henson and Janelle Monáe, who played the three African-American women – Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – at NASA responsible for launching Glenn into space, making him the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth in 1962.
