One of my most anticipated projects on the 2025 movie schedule is Edgar Wright’s adaptation of The Running Man. The trailer alone shows Glen Powell in a ton of precarious action-packed sequences, and that includes one where he has to rappel down a building while only wearing a towel. Now, the actor has opened up about filming that sequence, and let’s just say it doesn’t sound like it’s for the faint of heart.
In this upcoming book-to-screen adaptation of Stephen King’s novel of the same name, we’ll see Glen Powell’s Ben Richards literally running for his life. The Running Man trailer shows him jumping off a bridge, fighting pilots in an airplane, and yes, rappelling while wearing essentially no clothes. While talking to EW about that near-nude scene, Powell said he was all for it at first, explaining:
