Glen Powell’s Villain Era Gets a Second Chance on Streaming
Glen Powell’s dark-comedy thriller *How to Make a Killing* is receiving a renewed opportunity to reach viewers through HBO Max after presenting the actor in an unusually villainous role. The article argues that the film matters as a departure from Powell’s more familiar charismatic, capable screen persona, showing him as a desperate man whose charm conceals violent ambition.
Powell plays Becket Redfellow, a disinherited relative who murders family heirs to secure a fortune through a loophole in a will. Directed by John Patton Ford and described as a loose remake of the 1949 British comedy *Kind Hearts and Coronets*, the film frames Becket’s story as a confession to a priest and co-stars Margaret Qualley and Topher Grace. The character works in an expensive suit shop while resenting the wealthy lifestyle he believes was denied to him.
- HBO Max gives Powell’s dark comic turn another audience.
- He plays an heir murdering relatives for a fortune.
- The film loosely remakes *Kind Hearts and Coronets*.
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Glen Powell is an American actor best known for playing confident, likeable characters in films such as Top Gun: Maverick and Anyone But You. How to Make a Killing gives him a markedly different part: Becket Redfellow, a man from a wealthy family who believes he has been unfairly excluded from its money.
Becket sets out to inherit a fortune by exploiting the wording of a will, killing relatives who stand ahead of him. The dark comedy is directed by John Patton Ford and also features Margaret Qualley and Topher Grace.
The film draws loosely on Kind Hearts and Coronets, a 1949 British comedy in which a man tries to remove members of his aristocratic family from the line of inheritance. Its arrival on streaming may introduce the film to viewers who know Powell chiefly for more conventional leading-man roles.