Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://mypepack.gophersport.com/video/?vid=aeMDnone4l5 Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Glen Powell got lucky with Top Gun. Eventually. 🦅 [lceoVfm36Vg] Health Updated on August 11, 2026 EDT — Published on August 11, 2026 EDT Glen Powell reveals that he had originally auditioned for Miles Teller's role and was persuaded by Tom Cruise to accept the role he went on to play. #TheGrahamNortonShow #GrahamNorton #GlenPowell #TopGun #TomCruise On Graham's sofa: Hollywood star Glen Powell in dystopian action thriller The Running Man; Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh, playing Madame Morrible in Wicked: For Good; Emmy-winning Brit Rosamund Pike, in crime caper sequel Now You See Me: Now You Don’t; top comic Jack Whitehall, starring in tense thriller series Malice; and music superstar Ed Sheeran, chatting and performing Camera from his album Play. Subscribe and 🔔 to the BBC 👉 Watch the BBC first on iPlayer 👉 NHlvKnpgySO SESZQ5gnR39 7QGVH0k8luU zxEQ5hPutq6 h2dx4QYoBcq z4LjUWrZVBg TAmpPNdDp2S
Glen Powell reveals that he had originally auditioned for Miles Teller's role and was persuaded by Tom Cruise to accept the role he went on to play. #TheGrahamNortonShow #GrahamNorton #GlenPowell #TopGun #TomCruise On Graham's sofa: Hollywood star Glen Powell in dystopian action thriller The Running Man; Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh, playing Madame Morrible in Wicked: For Good; Emmy-winning Brit Rosamund Pike, in crime caper sequel Now You See Me: Now You Don’t; top comic Jack Whitehall, starring in tense thriller series Malice; and music superstar Ed Sheeran, chatting and performing Camera from his album Play. Subscribe and 🔔 to the BBC 👉 Watch the BBC first on iPlayer 👉 NHlvKnpgySO SESZQ5gnR39 7QGVH0k8luU zxEQ5hPutq6 h2dx4QYoBcq z4LjUWrZVBg TAmpPNdDp2S