Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Why Tom Cruise Was Glen Powell’s First Call When He Needed Fake Nose Advice

Glen Powell turns to his buddy Tom Cruise whenever he needs career advice on any subject...and that includes a fake nose.

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Direct from Hollywood. Ever since starring in Top Gun Maverick together,
Glenn Powell has leaned on Tom Cruise from mentorship, understandably
so given Tom's success, but Glenn also turned to Tom
when he needed help with something a bit less obvious,
a fake nos. Glenn stars in the new Hulu comedy
series Chad Powers, where the title character, a disgraced quarterback,

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disguises himself for another shot at the big leagues, and
when Glenn learned he'd be wearing prosthetics, he immediately thought
of his buddy Tom Cruise's legendary work and tropic thunder
as Les Grossmith. Glenn tells the Hollywood Reporter, Tom was
extremely helpful in helping to not go down the wrong
path in terms of prosthetics. He pointed us in the

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right direction to ensure the prosthetics worked. Because if you
don't buy that the world believes Chad Powers is a
real human, the story falls apart. That's Glenn Powell on
relying on Tom Cruise for advice, for prosthetics and just
about everything else. Chad Powers is now streaming on Hula.
That's direct from Hollywood.