Glen Powell

Top Gun: Maverick star Glen Powell shares that 'the problem auditioning for [Friday Night Lights] was I loved the show so much that [I was] almost like too ...

"Acting so much is like throwing it away and kinda being able to kinda interpret it in way — and being a fan of the show and auditioning for it, you may feel too much pressure." He continues, "I remember knowing the point in the audition because that was when I was already out here. "I think that was the problem auditioning for this was I loved the show so much that [it's like] you're almost like too big of a fan. I was like so thought I was going to get that." McCoy, though, is crazy because I think Sumpter was pretty young when he came in." I literally taught her how to drive and I love her, but I was like a big brother to her and Jesse," he adds. [Scott Porter](https://people.com/tag/scott-porter/) (who played Jason Street) to explain, "You're too likeable for J.D. "You were actually in high school and they didn't like to cast people in high school unless... "Jesse is one of my closest friends to this day but you guys were all off being sexy 20somethings on a TV show and I was like teaching Amy how to drive." Get in my dad's Subaru, we're going home.'" "And if I would see them at a party or something in Austin, I would be like, 'Hmmm, hmmm, nope. "I was bummed out when that did not work out.