Vogue: What is Brisket’s best quality?
Glen Powell: Brisket’s best quality, I would say, is his ability to snuggle. If there’s any shape on your body that is remotely cuddle-able, he will figure it out, whether it’s the top of your head, neck, hips, or feet. He is just built for snuggles.
Who would voice your dog in a movie?
I’m going to go Timothée Chalamet. Timothée’s already said yes. He’s definitely in.
Do you use a voice to talk to Brisket?
[In a sing-song voice] Buh-risket! [Higher pitched] Brisket! I dunno how you’d qualify that voice.
What is your dog’s weirdest nickname, and how did you come up with it?
I call him Brisky, but a lot of people call him Brisky Business.
Brisket really is the funniest dog. I feel like he has so many parents. All my friends want to babysit him, and everybody is always sending me pictures hanging with him. They do have a lot of nicknames. I should start writing down all the nicknames that people have for him. But Brisky is what I called him from the beginning, and Brisky Business…I mean, he’s a party so it makes sense.
Where is one place you wish you could take your dog?
I just shot a movie in South Africa, and I didn’t want to subject him to all the stuff that would entail bringing him all the way across the world, so he stayed in Houston with my niece and nephew. I was getting constant updates and we were FaceTiming about how much love he was getting. My nephew, Witt, is just obsessed with him, so they became best friends. He wasn’t short on love while I was in South Africa. I needed the love a lot more than Brisket did, that’s for sure.
I’m super excited—I’m about to go shoot in Atlanta and then London, and he’s coming to all those different sets. It’s really fun having him on that adventure. You’re far away from home, and it’s just nice being able to take on all these adventures with him.
What is the strangest place you’ve ever taken him?
I took him on the Universal Studios Back Lot tour. I got a private tram tour for the [Twisters] cast. I took Brisket, totally forgetting that the tour is, like, Jaws, where there’s pyrotechnics and a giant shark and people are screaming, and then you go to The Fast and the Furious and Vin Diesel’s shooting off guns and they’re screeching cars in the dark. I don’t think I’ve ever felt like such a bad dog dad than bringing Brisket on that tour. Daisy [Edgar-Jones] was next to me, and we were sheltering Brisket’s eyes from all the mayhem and chaos. I felt very, very bad. I should have had the foresight to see that coming.