Glen Powell and director Richard Linklater chat about new film Hit Man at Sundance Film Festival... as Glen teases Top Gun sequel

Glen Powell and Richard Linklater teamed up to promote their new film at the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday in Park City, Utah.

The actor, 35, who was frolicking at the beach a few days ago, kept warm in a burgundy suede jacket over a peach V-neck sweater.

He wore brown pants over a pair of brown leather ankle boots.

The Top Gun: Maverick star’s dark blonde hair was parted on the side and he sported a scruffy beard.

Richard Linklater, 63, turned up in a green and black plaid button down over a black T-shirt.

Glen Powell and Richard Linklater teamed up to promote their new film at the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday in Park City, Utah

The director wore faded black jeans and black sneakers with a thick sole for navigating the snowy areas of the ski resort town.

The pair stopped by the Variety Studio presented by Audible to talk about their new film, Hit Man.

Glen stars as philosophy professor who moonlights as an undercover police officer with a talent for finding people who want to hire contract killers.

His sense of duty is challenged when he meets and falls in love with a woman, played by Adria Arjona, who wants her husband knocked off.

The plot is based on a true story that took place in Texas about 20 years ago, but Richard and Glen, who co-wrote the screenplay, have turned it into a romantic comedy.

Glen, who is stars in the rom-com Anyone But You with Sydney Sweeney, 26, defended the genre during a question and answer session.

The film has been a box office success, earning more than $100 million worldwide.

‘I’ve always been a fan of movies in general and I always find it silly when certain actors diminish certain genres,’ the leading man said.

‘At its best execution, it gives an audience such joy and such fun, and as an actor you do get to play a lot of gears. To kind of scoff at a genre and look down on it is kind of silly.’

‘For me, Anyone But You was such a treat to see audiences dance out of the theater and feel so happy after watching a movie,’ he explained.

‘To see the box office not just stick but grow has been such a cool lesson that sometimes the genres that have been forgotten are the ones audiences are craving the most.’

The actor, 35,  kept warm in a burgundy suede jacket, over a peach V-neck sweater. He wore brown pants over a pair of brown leather ankle boots

Glen and Richard, 63, teamed up to write the script for their upcoming romantic comedy Hit Man. Richard directed the film,  which will be released by Netflix in 2025

In Hit Man Glen stars as an undercover police officer with a talent for finding people who want to hire contract killers. His sense of duty is challenged when he meets and falls in love with a woman, played by Adria Arjona, who wants her husband knocked off

This is the second project for Glen and Richard, who collaborated on 2016’s Everybody Wants Some and Hit Man will debut on Netflix sometime in 2025.

It appears Glen will be returning to the air in the future . Top Gun III has been announced by Paramount.

‘There is going to be some fun stuff being announced soon,’ he said, saying that he speaks with Tom Cruise, director Joseph Kosinski and producer Jerry Bruckheimer ‘all the time.’

‘There is stuff happening and it sounds very exciting. I don’t know when I’ll be going back…I’m sure there is a jet waiting for me sometime in the future.’