Exclusive: Top Gun: Maverick star Greg Tarzan Davis reveals what it's really like working with Tom Cruise
hellomagazine.comGreg 'Tarzan' Davis quit his job as an elementary school teacher in Louisiana to pursue his dream of acting. Five years on, he's about to hit the big screen alongside the biggest movie star in the world, Tom Cruise, in Top Gun: Maverick - and next year's Mission:Impossible 7.Exclusive: Top Gun: Maverick star shares details of meeting 'engaging' Prince William and Kate MiddletonIt was a risk that paid off, and Tarzan says that he and Tom are now "brothers for life" after first meeting when he was cast in the sequel to the hit 1986 film Top Gun.
Maverick was due to be released in 2020 but the COVID-19 pandemic hit and the cast and crew have been forced to hold onto the passion project for two more years - but it also gave them even more time to bond as a family.WATCH: Tom Cruise stars in the new official Top Gun: Maverick trailer"We went through something no one else will understand; we are the only people who can communicate with each other on these feelings," says Tarzan of cast mates turned friends including Glen Powell, Jay Ellis and Miles Teller."We spent a year together just training and learning from each other; we partied together, we traveled together, vacationed together, attended baby showers and weddings.
We are so close knit."GALLERY: Duchess Kate and Prince William resemble movie stars at Top Gun: Maverick premiereMORE: Tom Cruise praises 'very special scene' with Top Gun star Val KilmerAs for working with 59-year-old Tom, arguably one of the last movie stars in the world, Tarzan tells HELLO!
that "his energy is infectious and it rubs off on you, just to see his thrill" for acting."He has been doing this for 40 plus years and he still came to set with an enthusiasm that matched my first day on set.
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