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  1. Jun 7, 2024 · Here's the true story behind 'Hit Man', Richard Linklater's new Netflix caper comedy inspired by a real undercover operative and would-be assassin, Gary Johnson.

  2. Jun 10, 2024 · Glen Powell stars as a fake contract killer in the Netflix movie ‘Hit Man.’ His character is based on a real Texas investigator named Gary Johnson.

  3. Jun 8, 2024 · Hit Man is loosely based on the life of Gary Johnson, an undercover cop who helped arrest over 70 aspiring murderers in real life. The film adds drama by depicting Johnson as complicit in murder, a fabrication for entertainment, as the real Johnson never killed anyone.

  4. Jun 7, 2024 · Yes, Netflix ’s Hit Man is loosely based on the true story of Gary Johnson, a man who posed as a contract killer for the Houston police during the late 1980s and 1990s. Linklater came across...

  5. Jun 10, 2024 · Is Gary Johnson, the hero of Netflix's 'Hit Man,' a real person? As depicted in the movie, Johnson was a mild-mannered professor who taught classes in human sexuality and general...

  6. Jun 1, 2024 · Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Gary Johnson continued working as an undercover hitman while moonlighting as a psychology and human sexuality professor at a local community college. Johnson’s next sting involved a 31-year-old oil rig worker named Roberts Holliday.

  7. Jun 7, 2024 · Death: September 5, 2022, Kingwood, Texas, USA. Historical Accuracy (Q&A): Is Hit Man based on a true story? Yes. The Netflix movie stars Glen Powell as Gary Johnson, a college professor who works with the New Orleans Police Department as a fake hitman in an attempt to bait potential clients.

  8. The new hit Netflix movie is based on his real life, and despite some things being over-exaggerated and made up, what really happened to the actual Gary Johnson is no joke.

  9. Sep 12, 2023 · Linklater and Powell, who co-wrote the movie, have taken the actual life of Gary Johnson, a professor who moonlighted as a fake hit man for law enforcement, and Hollywoodized it. That’s not...

  10. Jun 7, 2024 · Netflix's Hit Man starring Glen Powell is based on the true story of a fake hitman named Gary Johnson. Here's everything to know about the real-life person who inspired the movie, including...

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