Glen Powell Discusses Top Gun: Maverick Success, MCU Rumors, & More

Variety caught up with Glen Powell to discuss the success of his hit movie, Top Gun: Maverick. The film, which released earlier this summer, recently surpassed Avengers: Infinity War to become the 6th highest grossing film of all time. Highlights from the interview are below.

On whether the cast has a group chat: “One of the fun things [producer] Chris McQuarrie does is he gives us little box office facts. He’ll be like, ‘Today, you just beat Titanic, this is why it’s unprecedented…’ He really conceptualizes what a special run this has been. Tom and Jerry have said, ‘We’ve been a part of some of the biggest movies for decades and we’ve never seen anything like this.’ It’s special to see them react to it, especially on that thread.”

On whether a potential sequel will come about in 36 years: “I don’t know if I’m going to look like Tom Cruise at 60. We have different trajectories. He’s maintained. I don’t know if Hangman is going to look the same. I could look pretty gross. Hopefully before then, I’d like to make another movie.”

On whether he has been approached to play X-Men‘s Cyclops in the MCU: “Before Comic-Con, everybody was like, ‘Dude, are you Cyclops?’ No, I’m not. Nobody has called me. I don’t even have one contact info for Marvel, so I have no idea what people are talking about.”

You can read more from his interview here.