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Glen Powell had to face his fears about the face of Hulu\u2019s Chad Powers<\/em> as co-creator, executive producer and star, even if that face typically is literally buried under layers of prosthetics.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it\u2019s always good to go into work scared,\u201d Powell, who recently completed filming the sports comedy\u2019s second season<\/a>, said during Deadline\u2019s Contenders TV panel. \u201cI think you want to go in going like, \u2018Wow, this is the worst idea or the best idea?\u2019 And I think Chad Powers<\/em> was one of those that I go, \u2018I\u2019m showing up, I\u2019m putting on a mask and a crazy accent and trying to really ground a premise in a world that there were so many potential pitfalls with this one.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n More from Deadline<\/strong><\/p>\n Powell then recalled his first discussions about the series with co-creator\/executive producer.<\/p>\n \u201cThe greatest \u2018first date\u2019 I ever had was with Michael Waldron on Zoom,\u201d he said. \u201cWe just kind of talked about the movies that we were drawn to and especially inspirational sports stories, which are rarely made these days. \u2026 The idea of a guy who puts on a mask and enters the world of college football \u2026 if anybody\u2019s a college football fan here, you know it\u2019s one of the most high-stakes worlds you can possibly enter.\u201d<\/p>\n RELATED: Full Coverage Of Deadline\u2019s Contenders TV Event<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cAt first it seems pretty different, but like Loki<\/em>, it is a redemption story,\u201d said Waldron, who was the principal creative force on that Disney+ series. \u201cAnd I do think probably what drew me to it was a story about the lengths that people will go to \u2014 maybe especially men \u2014 to just not take accountability, to not say, \u2018I\u2019m sorry and I messed up and please forgive me.\u2019 And in some ways it seems easier to just put on prosthetics and become a whole new person. And that was just a really fun jumping-off point.\u201d<\/p>\n Waldron said the show revels in pushing the notion of hiding behind a fabricated persona as far as it can go, \u201ctaking that Mrs. Doubtfire<\/em> plot and interrogating it for real. And what\u2019s the real fallout of something like that? If you do that for real, I think our show kind of seeks to go past the moment in Mrs. Doubtfire<\/em> when it\u2019s like the whole time we want to see what happens after that.\u201d<\/p>\n Under the mask lies the more interesting journey, the creators agreed.<\/p>\n \u201cThe more that Waldron and I really wrote and marinated on what this character was and sort of the heart beneath it, you just sort of uncovered a really human story, something really nuanced,\u201d said Powell. \u201cIt was the craziest, weirdest swing we possibly could have done, but it became a very human thing that I just got very excited about as an actor to play and as a writer to write and to kind of assemble a group of actors to make it feel earned and wonderful, which I really feel like we\u2019ve hit the mark.\u201d<\/p>\n He added: \u201cI think it\u2019s universal, oddly enough. Everyone has regrets. Everyone has a moment they would just like to do over. This is watching somebody get that moment and how they deal with it, however flawed the character may be and all of that. But it\u2019s such a unique concept that I think anybody in this audience could probably relate to.\u201d<\/p>\n Check back Monday for the panel video.<\/p>\n Best of Deadline<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Deadline’s Newsletter<\/a>. 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