Goodbye hot rodent, hello beefcake: the return of the hunk

Goodbye hot rodent, hello beefcake: the return of the hunk

Glen Powell leads Hollywood’s latest crop of muscled, charismatic men who ‘look like they came out of a 3D printer’

Something has happened to our leading men in this summer’s blockbusters. Put simply, the hunk is back. No longer are movie stars soft-muscled alt boys like Timothée Chalamet, with vintage shirts and meticulous hair. Now the new shirt is no shirt; hair is slicked back with oil and spit. In 2024, it’s all about overt charisma and abs like Fort Knox.

Consider Glen Powell. The Texas-born Twisters star (who also appeared with Sydney Sweeney in last year’s Anyone But You) seems to have been built in a lab – scientifically formulated to make sure there’s not a dry seat in the theater.

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