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What can possibly stop the rise of Glen Powell? Over the past year, the 35-year-old actor has aced every test thrown at him. Playing aeronautical backup man to a monolithic Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick? Check. Resuscitating the commercial appeal of the romcom genre in Anyone But You, despite a terrible script and a chemistry-less co-star? Check. Oozing charm and range as the driving force of Hit Man, Netflix’s best original in years? Check. Now, playing a scene-stealing tornado-hunter in Twisters, Powell is the face of a film that enjoyed the biggest disaster movie opening of all time. Who said movie stars were a thing of the past?
