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Why Glen Powell almost turned down Top Gun: Maverick | The Graham Norton Show - BBC
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as posted by the channelGlen Powell got lucky with Top Gun. Eventually. 🦅
Glen Powell reveals that he had originally auditioned for Miles Teller's role and was persuaded by Tom Cruise to accept the role he went on to play.
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On Graham's sofa: Hollywood star Glen Powell in dystopian action thriller The Running Man; Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh, playing Madame Morrible in Wicked: For Good; Emmy-winning Brit Rosamund Pike, in crime caper sequel Now You See Me: Now You Don’t; top comic Jack Whitehall, starring in tense thriller series Malice; and music superstar Ed Sheeran, chatting and performing Camera from his album Play.
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