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Glen Powell Is Leaving Hollywood for Texas: Here's Why

Glen Powell says he is leaving Hollywood and moving home to Texas. Here's how Matthew McConaughey played a role in his decision.

In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the actor, 35, opened up about his choice to leave Los Angeles after more than 15 years of hustle and bustle in the entertainment industry, opting to make Austin -- the city where he was born and raised -- his home base. "It's like I've earned the ability to go back to my family," the Screen Actors Guild Award winner shared, adding that 54-year-old McConaughey -- a fellow Texan and a major inspiration to Powell's career -- solidified his decision to move home now that he is in a stable situation. The Hidden Figures alum is incredibly close with his family members in Texas, so much so that he recently purchased a home within a half hour of his parents' house and invited his entire clan to the Austin premiere of his latest film, Hit Man, which he co-wrote with director Richard Linklater.

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