Glen Powell Recalls ‘Reverence’ He Felt Working on This Movie
By Movieguide® Contributor
Did you know Glen Powell played a small role in Christopher Nolan’s THE DARK KNIGHT RISES?
“I remember everything. You never forget the feeling,” Powell said of his time working on the movie. “It’s something I carry to every set I walk on now, which is just the reverence for being on a set in general. But I remember on DARK KNIGHT RISES the feeling of being able to walk onto a set and you knew everybody in the world wanted to be on that set, right?”
Powell auditioned several times for his role as the stock trader.
“I was getting to work with the greatest director on the planet, Christopher Nolan. And you’re sitting there and all of a sudden Tom Hardy walks in as Bane. It’s electric. It’s sort of out-of-body,” he explained. “That was one of those movies when nothing was going on in my life. I was just fighting for every inch. And when Christopher Nolan casts you in his movie, it’s a validation that’s hard to explain.”
In 2013, Movieguide® nominated THE DARK KNIGHT RISES for a Teddy Bear Award® for the Best Movie for Mature Audiences.
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES is redemptive, explosive, entertaining and riveting. It’s very well-constructed. The action violence is intense and there’s some foul language and sensuality. However, villains are transformed, people find hope and faith, and good is victorious. Also, communist tyranny and revolution are shown as bad while the good is self-sacrificing, loyal and concerned about other people. MOVIEGUIDE® commends the filmmakers, with a caution for some intense action violence, foul language and brief sensuality.
READ MORE: THE DARK KNIGHT RISES REVIEW
The timing of the role was perfect because Powell was struggling with his career.
“As a struggling actor, there’s no harder place to live than being in Hollywood with nothing going on,” he said. “The currency of that town is how relevant you are and what your last job is. It makes you oppressively self-aware.”
“You have to believe in the Hollywood legends of those people that you admire, the people that you’re chasing, that had those long stretches of famine as well,” he continued. “…In L.A., you are really just hustling to just try to be a part of the experiment at all. People are like, ‘Oh man, auditioning must be tough.’ And I’m like, ‘No, auditioning is a luxury.'”
“Auditioning feels like you’re at the party. You’ve gotten past the velvet rope,” he added. “You may not be able to afford a drink at the party, but you’re in it, you can taste it. But so often in Hollywood, most of the time, you are outside that velvet rope. Most of the time the bouncer is not even allowing you anywhere in the vicinity.”
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