Glen Powell Credits Hoda And Jenna For Getting Him ‘Twisters’ Role

Did Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager assist Glen Powell land his newest movie function? Type of.

The rising star stopped by TODAY’s fourth hour July 17 to debate his expertise enjoying a rodeo star-turned-tornado chaser within the new movie “Twisters.” Through the interview, Jenna could not assist however playfully remind Powell that she met him earlier than all of his “loopy success.”

“I keep in mind at that dinner your entire associates have been like, ‘He’s going to be enormous!’ And also you type of have been like, ‘OK, guys, shh.’ And so they have been like, ‘Guide him in your present!’ And we did and we’re thrilled that the director of (‘Twisters’) watched our present after which employed you due to it,” she stated.

Powell additionally remembered the second with fondness and performed alongside, saying, “The most important purpose that I’m in ‘Twisters’ in any respect is due to you guys.”

The actor went on to recall the interview, which came about in 2022 on TODAY with Hoda & Jenna.

“We had an excellent section the place I feel I used to be selling ‘Devotion’ on the time, and I received to convey my mother and father on. And we had this nice dialog,” he stated. “And (the director of ‘Twisters’) watched that interview and stated, ‘That is the man.’”

Lee Isaac Chung, who is understood for his work on “Minari” and “The Mandalorian,” directed “Twisters.”

Jenna marveled on the fateful sequence of occasions and stated, “I imply, that is loopy.”

Earlier on within the dialog, Hoda had teased Powell, saying that Jenna had DMed him on Instagram the night time earlier than and requested for his telephone quantity, per the urging of her co-workers. Regardless that Jenna seen that he was “lively” on the social media platform and logged in, Hoda stated he hadn’t despatched her his telephone quantity by the point she went to mattress.