Glen Powell is "grateful" that Christopher Nolan "took a shot" by casting him in The Dark Knight Rises when he was a struggling actor
It’s a validation that’s hard to explain
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“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 toldVanity Fair. “Even though it was a small role, I auditioned several times for it. 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.”
In the Batman threequel, released in 2012, Powell plays a stock trader and appears in the scene where Bane bankrupts Christian Bale’s Bruce Wayne at the Gotham Stock Exchange.
“That was one of those movies when nothing was going on in my life,” he continued. “I was just fighting for every inch. And when Christopher Nolan casts you in his movie, it’s a validation that’s hard to …
