Top Gun: Maverick
Val Kilmer shares a new atavist pic with Tom Cruise during their daylight of filmingTop Gun . In less than two weeks , Top Gun : Maverickwill at last hit house after several delays . aim by Joseph Kosinski , theTop Gunsequel was more than 30 years in the making .
Released in 1986,Top Guncenters around Cruise ’s Pete " Maverick " Mitchell and his friend Nick " Goose " Bradshaw ( Anthony Edwards ) as they ’re sent to TOPGUN — the US Navy ’s Fighter Weapons School in San Diego . There , they encounter Kilmer ’s Tom " Iceman " Kazansky who immediately becomes Maverick ’s arch - rival . In the end , however , the two become honorable friends and flying partner . ForTop Gun : Maverick , bothKilmer and Cruise are reprising their respectiveTop Gunroles . This is one of the most exciting things in the Kosinski - directed follow - up , and clearly , Maverick and Iceman ’s upcoming bountiful - screen reunification has Kilmer also feeling nostalgic .
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take to his official Twitter account , Kilmershared an icon of him and Tom Cruise with the core hurl ofTop Gunand their Navy advisors . Edwards and Tom Skerritt , who played Viper in the 1986 film , are some of the other celebrated faces in the photo . Check out the snap below :
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Kilmer and Cruise are two of the few originalTop Guncast member returning forTop Gun : rebel . When asked about the plastic film ’s focusing on new characters , Kosinski explained that it ’s because he wants the subsequence to be more forward - looking than back , hence the introduction of a crop of brand new TOPGUN trainee . That being said , Goose will be a significant part of the continuation ’s storytelling with the instauration of his son , Bradley " Rooster " Bradshaw ( Miles Teller ) , who will be among the new Navy recruit grooming under Maverick . Based on what ’s been revealed about the celluloid thus far , it seems likeRooster ’s hate of Maverickwill have something to do with the death of his dad more than three decades ago . Since Iceman was also on the scene when the freak chance event happened , it ’s queer if he will also be involve with the megahit ’s central fight .
As for Kilmer , the actor has been emotional in a recent audience discussingIceman ’s appearance inTop Gun : Maverick . Marketing for the continuation has yet to physically sport him , but he will play an built-in part in Maverick ’s job preparation Rooster and his fellow neophytes . This is a neat agency to ensure that his intimacy in theTop Gunfollow - up is n’t just a exalt cameo . For what it ’s worth , Kazansky ’s endeavour to help oneself Maverick likely means the pair ’s friendship from the original movie go throughout the years despite their less - than - idealistic initiation .
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