Top Gun: Maverick
Maverick ’s new love interest inTop Gun : Maverickwas teased in the originalTop Gunfilm . Tom Cruise is reprize one of his most iconic office as Pete " Maverick ' Mitchell in the upcoming Joseph Kosinski - directed sequel . Top Gun : Maverickis more than 30 years in the making , but while it seems like Maverick has barely made any bragging changes in his biography , he does have a unexampled quixotic cooperator in the movie , Penny Benjamin , played by Jeniffer Connelly .
As the titulary character of the film , Top Gun : Maverickwill focalize on Maverickas he re - evaluate how his life has turned out since training at TOPGUN . Suspiciously stuck as a Navy skipper despite having the science to climb further up the professional ladder , Maverick is tasked to train a new harvest of pilots for a particular commission . The fresh batch includes Bradley " Rooster " Bradshaw , the son of his late RIO , Nick " Goose " Bradshaw ( Anthony Edwards ) , who is n’t insidious about letting Maverick knows that he does n’t trust him . fortunately for the daredevil pilot , he gets some excited supporting from his newfangled lady .
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Seeing Maverick with Penny inTop Gun : Maverickmay be dissatisfactory for those who were root for him and Charlotte " Charlie " Blackwood ( Kelly McGillis ) . Atthe end ofTop Gun , Maverick and Charlie got back together , giving the impression that the couple was in for the long draw . So , it ’s surprising to see Maverick with a new love interest . That state , Penny Benjamin is n’t exactly a unexampled quality ; she was previously ride in the original film . InTop Gun , Penny was referenced in passing as the girl of an admiral . Now , Top Gun : Maverickis formally debut her as a stripe owner and Maverick ’s current love interest . Not much has been revealed about her or her relationship with Navy Captain , but as view in theTop Gun : Mavericktrailers , it appears as if she has been a voice of ground for Maverick .
Kosinski’sTop Gun : Maverickis heavily impacted by what befall in Tony Scott ’s 1986 motion-picture show despite not bringing a lot of the originalTop Guncast back . away from Maverick , onlyVal Kilmer ’s Tom " Iceman " Kazanskywill be appear in the follow - up , but Goose and his death will be an intact part of its storytelling . WhileTop Gun : Maverickis expected to discover the reason behind Rooster ’s ire at his pappa ’s old flying mate , it ’s queer if the sequel will also explicate why Maverick and Charlie broke up . Whatever it was , it ’s intact that gets let out in the new photographic film . From there , Top Gun : Maverickcan set up cent ’s entry into Maverick ’s life sentence as someone who was orbit the same spaces in San Diego , beingTop Gun ’s referenced admiral girl .
For what it ’s worth , rebel date Penny hints that over the last three tenner , he has remained close to TOPGUN . Only he from his old batch seems to have stuck around ; Iceman has moved up the Navy Force ravel and is now a Vice Admiral . Meanwhile , despite his acquirement and capability , Maverick remains a Captain inTop Gun : Maverick , which seems knowing on his part .
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