Top Gun: Maverick Director Reveals Deep-Cut Original Movie Easter Egg
Warning! Spoilers ahead for Top Gun: Maverick.
Director Joseph Kosinski reveals a Top Gun: Maverick deep-cut Easter egg that hardcore fans will love. The filmmaker teamed up with Tom Cruise for the Top Gun sequel that was more than three decades in the making. With Top Gun: Maverick now released in cinemas, Kosinski is sharing a fun tidbit that long-time followers of the franchise will truly appreciate.
Cruise reprises arguably his most iconic role as Pete «Maverick» Mitchell in Top Gun: Maverick. The sequel sees the fighter pilot suspiciously still a Navy captain despite his obvious flying skills. In Top Gun: Maverick, he is called back to TOPGUN to train an elite squad for a dangerous mission. The batch includes Bradley «Rooster» Bradshaw (Miles Teller), the son of his former RIO (Radar Intercept Officer), Nick «Goose» Bradshaw. Top Gun: Maverick is shaping up to be a massive blockbuster hit for Cruise and Paramount. That makes sense considering the glowing reviews for Top Gun: Maverick. The film, however, also has the nostalgia factor — something that Kosinski leaned on with the inclusion of numerous callbacks and references.
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One particular the Easter egg is reserved for long-time fans of Top Gun. In a new interview with Games Radar's Inside Total Film podcast, Kosinski reveals a particular line in Top Gun: Maverick that's almost exactly copied from the original film. On top of that, they also tried mimicking how Maverick maneuvred his F/A-14 right after despite not being exactly real-life accurate.
«There's a moment where Maverick in this film says, 'Too close for missiles, switching to guns,' which is almost an exact copy from the first film. We cut to an insert of
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