Charlie’s absence in the highly-anticipated Top Gun: Maverick can be explained by Maverick’s apparent professional stasis.
Top Gun: Maverick finally arrives in cinemas on May 27, but not all of the original Top Gun characters will be returning in the new movie.
While Maverick (Tom Cruise) and Iceman (Val Kilmer) are confirmed to be back, Kelly McGillis’s Top Gun heroine Charlie, Maverick’s love interest in the original movie, won’t be making an appearance in the sequel.
According to its plot synopsis, Top Gun: Maverick will have a darker tone than the original Top Gun and will see the series address the character flaws that made Maverick such a reckless renegade in the earlier movie.
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