Greg Tarzan Davis Remembers ‘Intense’ Training for ‘Top Gun: Maverick,’ Reveals Cast’s Group Chat

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Coyote’s crew! Greg Tarzan Davis played one of the standout recruits in Top Gun: Maverick, and he had the sweetest time filming the action sequel with his A-List group of costars.“This movie has brought us together so many times with different events and stuff like that and this is one of the greatest reunions ever,” Davis, 29, exclusively told Us Weekly on the Golden Globes red carpet on Tuesday, January 10, where his costars Glen Powell and Jay Ellis were also on hand to celebrate the aviation movie.Top Gun: Maverick premiered in May 2022, more than 30 years after Tom Cruise’s Top Gun was first released.

In Maverick, Cruise’s Pete “Maverick” Mitchell was tasked with training a new group of special recruits for an integral mission.

The Grey’s Anatomy alum, Miles Teller, Lewis Pullman, Powell, 34, and Ellis, 41, all played the rookies.“On camera, it was flying in the F/A-18s … that’s not even on my bucket list ‘cause I didn’t think it was possible to fly in the F/A-18 but we did,” Davis told Us of his favorite set moments performing stunts in an aircraft. “I rolled on my bucket list, scratched it all.

I did that.”Before Davis had the chance to sit in the fighter plane on set, he needed to get in peak physical shape to play a military recruit.“It was very intense [because] not only do we have to work out to train in different aircrafts … but we also had to work out for the beach scene,” the Louisiana native joked to Us, referring to his and his castmates’ shirtless moments. “We also had to get sexy for the beach scene.