Glen Powell is now the star of various blockbuster movies , but before his career surge, he was a struggling actor. Like many actors, the road to stardom wasn't an easy one. The star of Anyone But You had a few small roles at the beginning of his career, appearing in films like Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over and The Dark Knight Rises.
But in 2012, Glen appeared on the hit drama NCIS , which helped him during a slump in his work. He spoke to Vanity Fair magazine about how that small part saved him financially. NCIS star Mark Harmon's famous father didn't pay him for his 'humiliating' first acting job NCIS: Tony and Ziva fans notice star missing from 'behind-the-scenes pic' as they beg for 'mini-spoiler' "That’s the other interesting thing about this business right now—how much it’s changing,” Glen said to the magazine .
“The business no longer supports struggling actors the way it did when I was kind of coming up. I would do an episode of NCIS, and that would keep me afloat for a year. You know what I mean?” Glen appeared on two episodes of season ten of NCIS back in 2012.
He played Marine Sergeant Evan Wescott in the two-part episode, "Shell Shock." The episodes revolved around a Marine Lieutenant who recently returned home from the Middle East. He was found dead in a brutal attack and questioning turned to Marine Captain Joe Wescott, the Marine Lieutenant's friend who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD.
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