Glen Powell Reveals How Much Money He Made From Early Movie Roles

Glen Powell remembers what it was like to live paycheck to paycheck as a young actor in Los Angeles.

“You’re not making much money, even if you’re in things,” he said of new actors in a conversation with Jake Shane on the Wednesday, September 24 episode of Shane’s “Therapuss” podcast.

“When you’re in L.A., for most of that existence, you’re nickel and dimming anything,” he added. “Everything matters. You look at a rotisserie chicken like how long can I make this last…I would go to dinner with people but I would never eat. I couldn’t afford to split.”

That changed for Powell, 36, after his role as Thorn in the 2014 movie Expendables 3. It was the moment, he said, the “weight” of financial insecurity began to lift.

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