Top Gun 2's Ending Plane Has A Deeper Tom Cruise Link Than You Realize
Warning! SPOILERS for Top Gun: Maverick.
A subtle inclusion in Top Gun: Maverick's ending creates a deeper link between Tom Cruise and his character Captain Pete «Maverick» Mitchell. 36 years on from the original Top Gun, Cruise returns to star in the movie's belated sequel. Maverick is one of the few returning characters in Top Gun: Maverick from the 1986 movie, with Val Kilmer's Tom «Iceman» Kazansky the other notable returnee. Maverick includes a host of new characters, including Miles Teller as Bradley «Rooster» Bradshaw, the son of Maverick's deceased best friend Nick «Goose» Bradshaw (Anthony Edwards).
A major storyline in TopGun: Maverick is the relationship between Rooster and Captain Mitchell. Rooster blames Maverick for the death of Goose in Top Gun, but the movie ends with the two reconciling. In Maverick's final scene, Rooster helps restore Maverick's vintage P-51 Mustang, which Maverick then flies Penny (Jennifer Connelly) out in. It's a fitting way to end Top Gun: Maverick, but there is a detail that many would have missed that makes the scene even better.
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The P-51 Mustang that Maverick and Rooster work on at the end of Top Gun: Maverick is owned by Tom Cruise in real life. His passion for aviation was sparked while filming the original 1986 Top Gun movie and in 1994 Cruise became a licensed pilot. The P-51 Mustang used in Top Gun: Maverick was built in 1946 and Cruise has owned the plane, which has an estimated value of $4 million, since 2001. Cruise originally branded the aircraft «Kiss Me Kate» after his ex-wife Katie Holmes, but he has since removed the name from the P-51 following their separation.
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