Id seen Adria in a few things, so I figured we should talk to her.
When I first met her on Zoom, I just knew immediately.
But Linklater also knew that he couldnt force the choice on his star and co-writer.
Adria Arjona and Glen Powell in ‘Hit Man’.Brian Roedel/Netflix
Powell and Arjona would have to find the connection themselves and they did.
I was sitting there wondering, what happened?
Then he calls me and says, Yeah, wejustleft.
We just ordered more drinks and stayed together for four hours.
Then we were both like, okay, we’re off to the races here!
Since Powell co-wroteHit Manwith Linklater, he knew such chemistry would be even more important here.
But with Arjona, he struck gold again.
The hard part with chemistry is that it either is or it isn’t.
There is no way to force it, Powell tells EW.
So we didnt know who we were going to cast.
And then I felt the exact same way.
If they don’t work, you don’t have a movie.
So thank God we had Adria because now we have a movie.
As Arjona remembers, she and Powell quickly realized they had things in common.
Once they forged that connection at their first meeting, it stayed intact throughout the production.
The thing that clicked was our love for our families, Arjona tells EW.
That was something that we very much have in common.
And then we both actually love our job.
Hit Manis streaming now on Netflix.
