Glen Powell is a proud dog dad to a terrier poodle mix. He and his new love interest in the form of a cute pupper are like two peas in a pod on film sets, movie premieres and shirtless thirst trap Instagram photos . With Powell’s dog being named Brisket, we just have to know the origins of this unique name.
It turns out there’s, of course, a Tom Cruise connection there. “The Summer of Glen Powell” has brought a lot of attention to the Texas native with his movies Anyone But You, Hitman and the new Twisters movie . After adopting his new dog during the filming of the standalone sequel, and to help him cope with his recent breakup , the attention is newly focused on the ever-adorable Brisket.
With this photogenic dog cute enough to make it on the cover of Vogue , the question on the magazine’s mind and ours is how Brisket got that unique name of his. Here was Powell’s answer: I call him Brisky, but a lot of people call him Brisky Business. Of course Glen Powell thought about his Top Gun : Maverick co-star Tom Cruise .
He did find the high-grossing actor to be inspiring on the set of their sequel film with his go-go-go attitude . Plus, he gave a meaningful piece of advice to Powell to help him get into the character of "Hangman." With Cruise’s character in Risky Business being so hardcore , it makes sense how the teen role of Joel Goodson came into play with naming his dog.
To think that Brisket was almost going to be named Enid after the Oklahoma location where Tw.