Val Kilmer Celebrates Top Gun 2 Maverick & Iceman Scene In Sweet Post
Warning! Spoilers ahead forTop Gun: Maverick.
In a new social media post, Val Kilmer celebrates Iceman and Maverick's big-screen reunion in Top Gun: Maverick. Joseph Kosinski's Top Gun sequel was more than three decades in the making. But, between Top Gun: Maverick's box office haul and great reviews, it's safe to say that it was worth all the wait.
Despite being a direct sequel to Tony Scott's 1986 cult classic film, Kosinski opted to not bring back the majority of Top Gun's original cast. Aside from Tom Cruise's Peter «Maverick» Mitchell, who is the film's lead star, only Kilmer's Tom «Iceman» Kazansky was brought in for Top Gun: Maverick. According to the filmmaker, he wanted the follow-up to be forward-looking, but given the film's emotional core, it made sense that Kilmer returned as Iceman and his reunion with Maverick has been praised as one of the best moment in a movie that has a lot of memorable scenes.
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To celebrate this, Kilmer recently took it to his official Instagram account to share a promotional still from Top Gun: Maverick during his and Cruise's emotional reunion. In the caption, the actor referenced their characters' relationship in the franchise, saying that after 36 years, Maverick can still be Iceman's wingman. Check out the sweet post below:
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While Kilmer's involvement in Top Gun: Maverick was long confirmed, Paramount opted to keep him out of the film's marketing, not showing him physically in any of the trailers. But, although the film is still in theaters and continuously doing solid numbers, it has also been out for a while now, so posting this particular shot
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