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Why Top Gun: Maverick Didn't Bring Back A Key Character
Top Gun: Maverick is guaranteed to give audiences a powerful dose of nostalgia and some incredible stunts, but the movie will not feature Kelly McGillis as Charlotte «Charlie» Blackwood, instructor of Top Gun and Maverick's love interest--or any of the other original female cast. According to Insider, director Joseph Kosinski, neither McGillis nor Meg Ryan will appear because he «didn't want every storyline to always be looking backwards.»