Glen Powell denies replacing Tom Cruise in ‘Mission: Impossible’

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Glen Powell could never take Tom Cruise’s place.

The “Twisters” actor responded to rumors that the action star wanted Powell to replace him in the “Mission: Impossible” franchise when Pat McAfee called him out live on his ESPN show Tuesday.

Powell, whom McAfee did not show on camera because the actor was in costume filming his new movie “The Running Man,” was asked if the rumor was true.

“We just want to call and say congratulations, bro,” McAfee told Powell. But the actor appeared to dismiss the rumor jokingly: “My mum would never let me do it.”

Powell, 36, also playfully dismissed the idea of ​​doing his own cruise-level stunts. “It’s the worst concert in town, everyone knows it. It’s a death trap.”

Powell has become an action star in his own right, in recent films such as “Twisters,” in which the actor played adrenaline-fueled stormtrooper Tyler Owens, and “Hit Man,” in which he played Gary Johnson, a rogue assassin.

And he starred in “Top Gun: Maverick” alongside Cruise as Lt. Jake “Hangman” Seresin in 2022. Powell, a superfan of the original “Top Gun,” caused a stir on social media years ago when he admitted that he lost out on coveted role as the late Nick “Goose” Bradshaw’s son. Amid the public crash and burn, Cruise (as Pete “Maverick” Mitchell) created the even flashier “Maverick” role as the irresistible bad-boy pilot Hangman.

Powell will star in the dystopian science fiction film “The Running Man,” directed by Edgar Wright and also starring Josh Brolin, based on the Stephen King novel.

For his part, Cruise, 62, hasn’t slowed down. The actor starred in 2023’s “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One,” which saw him continue to perform outrageous stunts. He is gearing up for the franchise’s eighth installment, “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning,” to be released in 2025.

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