According to retired NFL nice Eli Manning, actor Glen Powell may be greatest referred to as “the guy with his shirt off the whole time in Anyone But You.” But as a teaser trailer dropped by Hulu this weekend makes clear, Powell can be the man who picked up the soccer pads and ball that Manning dropped—and ran with it.
Let’s again up. Manning, who was a quarterback with the New York Giants for 16 seasons, retired in 2020. As with many name-brand gamers post-career, Manning ended up at ESPN, working each as an analyst and in a present known as Eli’s Places, during which he took a humorous take a look at the school soccer scene. An episode of that present during which an almost 40-year-old Manning dons a not-especially convincing (he’s no Jackal, to make certain) set of facial prosthetics, in addition to a mustache and wig as a walk-on participant for Penn State named “Chad Powers.” Awkward confusion ensues.
The phase impressed a Hulu sequence introduced final yr, however this time, it’s Glen Powell within the Powers function, not Manning. Also completely different is that this present’s premise, as this time Chad Powers isn’t the pseudonym for a two-time Super Bowl MVP, it’s the assumed identify of a man named Russ Holliday, who—per Hulu—exhibited conduct so dangerous that it derailed his school ball profession. No longer college-aged (Powell, who additionally co-created, co-wrote, and co-executive produces the sequence, is 36), Holliday disguises himself to stroll on to “a struggling Southern football team.” Here’s hoping he has good insurance coverage.
“I don’t know if I like you playing Chad Powers,” Manning jokingly advised Powell in an interview in May. “I’m Chad Powers.” Manning, who together with brother Payton Manning is listed as an government producer on the present, additionally famous that Powell had earlier onscreen soccer expertise in Top Gun: Maverick. “I saw you throw the football, and I was like, ‘yeah, I don’t know about this guy.’”
We already know that Powell has what it takes to placed on foolish wigs and disguises, based mostly on his function in Hit Man. Is Manning’s light ribbing of Powell’s gridiron prowess warranted, or will he have the ability to persuade viewers of the sequence, which is slated for a 2025 launch on Hulu, that he can persuade as a middle-aged soccer rookie? Perhaps the present’s teaser, launched Saturday, will reply that query.