Glen Powell got his action hero tips and warnings from living legends like Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Powell, who plays Ben Richards in the film, reached out to Arnold before starring in the dystopian action thriller The Running Man, which is a remake of the 1987 original starring Terminator actor.
At the film’s premiere in New York City, the Twisters actor revealed what action stars told him about doing a movie like this, saying: “It was fun talking to Schwarzenegger the other day. He was so excited, but he told me, he said… And every single one of my friends who’s been in action movies told me that. [me] this. They said, ‘I don’t think you realize going and being out in front of an action movie where’—again, in this movie, the whole world is chasing this one guy—I’d tell them the premise. They say, ‘Oh, it’s going to be, it’s going to be something. It’s going to be intense.’ And it’s true.”
“To do it right, to do one of these movies right, and I’m really so proud of what we did in this movie… It’s a lot, it’s very physical. It’s very emotional, it’s all those things,” Powell explained.
In April, the actor revealed that he and director Edgar Wright had Arnold’s blessing to remake the film. The Command star gave them the blessing since The Running Man remained “the one film that I always wanted to have my films remade.”
“So now, this one really stepped it up and did exactly that. The action was incredible and creative,” Arnold said.
The Running Man is loosely based on Stephen King’s novel of the same name, which follows a gory TV show where men are hunted and the winner takes home a big prize.
