Top Gun 2: Hangman Is Maverick’s Real Successor (Not Rooster)
Warning! Spoilers ahead for Top Gun: Maverick.
Jake «Hangman» Seresin (Glen Powell) is Pete «Maverick» Mitchell's (Tom Cruise) real successor in Top Gun: Maverick, not Bradley «Rooster» Bradshaw (Miles Teller). The much-anticipated Top Gun sequel was more than three decades in the making with director Joseph Kosinski continuing the story that Tony Scott started in 1986. Top Gun: Maverick focuses on Cruise's daredevil pilot, but it also introduces a string of neophytes that are set to follow in his footsteps as some of the best that TOPGUN produced.
Cruise's Maverick returns on the big screen more than three decades since he was first introduced. That being said, despite his outstanding flying abilities and impressive achievements, he remains a Navy Captain. Fortunately for him, he is brought back to TOPGUN to train a new breed of pilots for a highly dangerous and important mission thanks to Admiral Tom «Iceman» Kazansky's (Val Kilmer) involvement. Among the new recruits are Bradley «Rooster» Bradshaw — the son of Nick «Goose» Bradshaw (Anthony Edwards), Maverick's former RIO — and Jake «Hangman» Seresin.
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There's a clear competition between Rooster and Hangman in Top Gun: Maverick reminiscent of Maverick's old rivalry with Iceman. Ultimately, given their personal history, Maverick picks Bradley as his wingman for the mission, seemingly setting Goose's son to follow in Maverick's footsteps. Looking at how things play out in Top Gun: Maverick, however, Hangman is a more suited successor for Maverick. Both are cocky and driven; multiple times in the Top Gun sequel, Hangman highlights that he is a daredevil, much like his TOPGUN instructor. Rooster, on the other hand, is more cautious,
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