Glen Powell recalled having a wild night out in Nashville with country music royalty while preparing for his role in the upcoming movie "The Comeback King."In the Judd Apatow-directed comedy, the 37-year-old actor plays Aubrey King, a disgraced country star who attempts to rebuild his life and career after experiencing a dramatic downfall.During a recent appearance on "Jimmy Kimmer Live," which was guest-hosted by Jelly Roll, Powell, who co-wrote the script with Apatow, explained how he collaborated with real-life country musicians and set out to fully immerse himself in Music City’s culture to make the project feel authentic.JELLY ROLL ROLLS AWAY FROM APOLITICAL PAST AFTER TRUMP JOKES SPARK MAGA AND ‘SNOWFLAKE’ LABELS"I've been a fan of country music my whole life and I wanted to make sure that we did this right," Powell told Jelly Roll."We made it not about country music.
We wanted to make it with country music."Glen Powell detailed having a wild night out with some of country's biggest stars in Nashville. (Getty Images for BAFTA)"And one of the things I did as we were like writing, I was like, "Oh, I want to get the full experience of writing with Nashville,'" he remembered.Powell recalled that he decided to team up with country singer-songwriter HARDY for a daytime writing session."Did y'all write or did y'all go out drinking?" Jelly Roll joked."We first wrote, then we drank," Powell replied."So we wrote this great song.
I was really excited about it.And then he's like, 'Hey man, we should go out and really hit the town.'"Powell said that he and HARDY joined his "buddies," country duo Dan + Shay, for an outing in Lower Broadway, Nashville's iconic entertainment district known for its packed honky-tonks and live country music.The actor is playing a disgraced country music singer in the upcoming movie "The Comeback King." (Disney via Getty Images)GLEN POWELL SHOTGUNS A BEER ON STAGE WITH COUNTRY SUPERSTAR LUKE COMBS"All of a sudden like one bar turned t...