Why Top Gun: Maverick Doesn't Bring Back Two Original Stars
Director Joseph Kosinski explains why Top Gun: Maverick doesn't bring back stars Kelly McGillis and Meg Ryan from the original Top Gun film. Tony Scott's 1986 action drama saw Tom Cruise star as ace fighter pilot, Lt. Pete «Maverick» Mitchell. Despite initially receiving mixed reviews upon release, Scott's film has since become a huge cultural and commercial success. The film is so beloved that is was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry in 2015. Now, 36 years later, after suffering delays from the COVID-19 pandemic, a sequel is on the horizon.
Top Gun: Maverick sees Cruise reprise his role as confident Maverick in a story that picks up 30 years after the events of the first movie. Maverick is tasked with training new hotshot pilots for a big mission, including «Goose» Bradshaw's (Anthony Edwards) son, «Rooster» Bradshaw (Miles Teller). With a storyline like that, Top Gun: Maverick is gearing up to offer plenty of nostalgia for fans of the first film, such as the return of Val Kilmer's iconic character, «Iceman» Kazansky. However, while fans can look forward to seeing callbacks to the original Top Gun, it seems two key characters are missing.
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Speaking with Insider, Kosinski admits the reason why two original stars from the first movie, McGillis and Ryan's characters, are missing from Top Gun: Maverick. Kosinski explains that McGillis and Ryan's characters were never even considered during the sequel's development, saying, «those weren't stories that we were throwing around.» Check out his full response in the space below:
«Those weren't stories that we were throwing around... I didn't want every storyline to always be
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