Glen Powell Plays the Long Game

The Powells emerge on the patio of Josephine House, a popular restaurant in their hometown of Austin, one by one. First Glen Jr. appears, wearing cowboy boots, blue jeans, a brown striped sweater, a Longhorns cap, and his signature face-stretching smile. Then comes his mother, Cyndy, and finally his father, Glen Sr., who had been tasked with parking the car, as dads often are. They also come bearing Christmas-card grins.

The 37-year-old actor’s parents have been an ambient presence in his rise to stardom. They frequently join him on red carpets and have had cameos in all his films since the first, 2003’s Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (they played two spies). The previous weekend, the trio had traveled to attend the University of Texas at Austin’s first football game of the season , agains