Glen Powell is used to getting in shape for roles, but The Running Man took “physically demanding” to an entirely new level — and the actor’s body often paid the price.

“The physical toll of the stunts, I don’t know if I fully anticipated what that was going to be,” Powell, 37, exclusively told Us Weekly ahead of the film’s Friday, November 14, release. “The reality is, [director] Edgar [Wright] and I looked at each other before the movie started and we just said, ‘No shortcuts. Get it right.’ And Edgar really gave every bit of himself to make sure this movie was told correctly. And I definitely told him, ‘If you hire me, there’s nobody who is going to work harder.’ We really pushed each other to the limit on this one for sure.”

A remake of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 1987 film of the same n

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