“Hit Man”, interview with director Richard Linklater

Inspired by the true story of professor, Gary Johnson, who worked as phony hit man for the New Orleans Police Department for years, Oscar®-Nominated director Richard Linklater directed Hit Man, screening at the 80th Venice International Film Festival out of competition and written with the film’s star Glen Powell.

Thanks to the actor, Linklater managed to find the key to turn Johnson’story into a film as Powell recalls: “There was one line near the end of the article about Gary Johnson finding this woman who was trying to kill her husband but seeing the humanity in her. He looked at this person and thought, ‘This is a victim of their circumstances, and I want to help them through this thing.’ A guy who imitated humanity was in turn finding his own humanity. That relationship turned out to be key to the entire movie.”

With the “interference of Glen Powell, Linklater also mastered his first scene ever in a film that sees the romantic and sexy involvement of Powell and Adria Arjona playing Madison. Richard Linklater is the recipient of this year’s FRED Award at the Venice International Film Festival.

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