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  1. Jun 7, 2024 · The true story behind Hit Man, Richard Linklater's new Netflix caper comedy. Based on a real undercover operative, Gary Johnson was known as the best professional assassin in Houston.

  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 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...

  4. Jun 7, 2024 · 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.

  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 psychology at...

  6. 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...

  7. 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.