Jon Hamm Interview: Top Gun Maverick
Top Gun: Maverick has sent the the box office into a flurry this weekend, already raking in the highest Thursday gross in Paramount's history. Taking place decades after the 1986 classic Top Gun, the sequel follows an older an wiser Peter «Maverick» Mitchell (played by Tom Cruise) as he grapples with his past and leads young naval aviator recruits into the future.
Though Top Gun: Maverick contains plenty of homages to its predecessor - one of its most powerful moments is a reminder of the friendship between Maverick and Iceman (Val Kilmer) — the film also introduces several new characters. Some important additions include Rooster (Miles Teller, The Offer), the son of Maverick's deceased best friend Goose, and Vice Admiral Beau «Cyclone» Simpson (Jon Hamm, Mad Men), Maverick's boss who is responsible for some of his professional growth in the film.
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Screen Rant spoke to Hamm about what drew him to Top Gun: Maverick in the first place, how he thinks Cyclone got is callsign, and which scene from the original film he wishes he could've been a part of.
Screen Rant: Jon, what does it feel like knowing how much people friggin' love this movie?
Jon Hamm: It's been a ride, for sure. It's very exciting to be a part of something that is so anticipated and also so beloved. To be proud of it and to know that all of the enthusiasm we had making it is right there on the screen and is being received as is a really nice experience.
How did you get on board?
Jon Hamm: I had heard about the project; I knew that it was going to be made. Nobody really knew much about the story; what it was going to be.
There had been whisperings about this over the course of decades. People were talking about, «Are they
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