Tom Cruise shows off his flying skills in a new behind-the-scenes video for his upcoming action film Top Gun: Maverick. Cruise returns to the role of Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in the highly-anticipated sequel to his cult classic hit Top Gun, a film about a squadron of US Navy pilots at the elite TOPGUN training program. Released in 1987 to mixed reviews, the Tony Scott-directed film was loved by audiences and became the highest-grossing movie of the year.
Cruise returns to the Top Gun franchise for the sequel, and Maverick is now in charge of training new pilots for a special mission under the orders of Tom "Iceman" Kazansky, played by Val Kilmer, who reprises his role. Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Jay Ellis, Danny Ramirez, Greg Tarzan Davis, and Monica Barbaro join the ranks as trainees and are rounded out by Miles Teller, who plays Lt. Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw, the son of Nick "Goose" Bradshaw (Anthony Edwards), Maverick's wingman from the original film. Initially scheduled to be released in 2019, due to the difficulties of shooting in real planes and the eventual COVID-19 pandemic, the film was pushed back to 2022.
Now, Tom Cruise shares a behind-the-scenes video of Top Gun: Maverick showcasing the actor flying a fighter jet during filming. With a camera mounted in the cockpit of a F/A-18 and pointed directly at Cruise's face, the actor fights the acceleration forces as he pulls the jet over a mountainous landscape. The actor describes that he only wanted to make a sequel to Top Gun if he had the right story and technology has developed far enough to easily accommodate actors in real planes so they can "delve deeper into the experience of a fighter pilot." Check out the video below.
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According to producer Jerry Bruckheimer, the cast went through three months of rigorous training provided by the U.S. Navy and a flight program personally developed by Cruise. The actors even got into real planes to experience what it was like to be in a fighter jet. Cruise wanted to make the film's stunts as realistic as possible, adding, "If we're going to do it, we're going to fly in the F-18s." When finally in the cockpits of the F/A-18 Super Hornet, the actors also had to learn how to use special cameras designed to fit into the enclosed space. Cruise explained, "I had to teach them cinematography and the lighting, so they understood what's gonna look good on camera."
Cruise is known for going all-out with his action films regarding stunt work and realism. His tent-pole action series, Mission: Impossible, is built around massive action set pieces in which Cruise places himself right in the middle, completing his own stunts and demanding to shoot on location. Cruise has scaled the tallest building in the world, dangled from an airplane, and broke his ankle during a rooftop leap in MI: Fallout. The actor even has plans to enter outer space in an attempt to shoot a film in zero gravity. With Cruise's tenacity and commitment to craft, realism, and attention to detail, there is no doubt that Top Gun 2: Maverick will deliver on its promise of intense high-flying action while wowing fans across the world.
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