When asked if he'll replace Cruise in future Mission: Impossible films, as recent online rumors have envisioned, Powell was resounding in his response. "My mom would never let me do that," he told Pat McAfee on the sports analyst and commentator's show.

It was reported earlier this week that Glen Powell, the handsome and charismatic (pick one or the other, buddy; it’s not fair to the rest of us to be both) star of Hit Man and Twisters, is Tom Cruise’s preferred choice to take over the spy franchise following 2025’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.