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Top Gun 2 Star Shares Sweet Tom Cruise Story About His First Audition
Top Gun: Maverick star Glen Powell shared a sweet moment with Tom Cruise that convinced him to join the cast. The sequel is a years-later follow-up to the 1986 Tony Scott megahit Top Gun, which followed a crew of hotshot fighter pilots competing for the top honors in their class. In the new film, Tom Cruise will be reprising his role as Maverick, now the older mentor to a new crop of graduates, including Rooster Bradshaw, the son of Top Gun character Goose (Anthony Edwards). Val Kilmer will also appear in the film, reprising his role as Lieutenant Tom «Iceman» Kazansky. Although Top Gun: Maverickwas delayed for nearly two years by the pandemic, it is finally set to release on May 27, 2022.