Monica Barbaro Survived Top Gun: Maverick Thanks to Ballet and a ‘High Pain Tolerance’
glamour.comBy When Monica Barbaro first learned she booked a role in , a pipe burst in her family home. “All hell was breaking loose,” Barbaro tells me over Zoom from Toronto, where she’s filming an upcoming Netflix spy series. “I was like, ‘Mom, I got the part and she's not a love interest, she's a pilot!
We were both tearing up and she's like, I need to call the plumber.”Four years after receiving that call and almost three since filming wrapped in June 2019, the highly anticipated sequel to 1986 classic is finally here, introducing a new group of elite Naval aviators.
Among the adrenaline junkies vying for a spot on a dangerous mission led by Capt. Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Cruise) is the franchise’s first female fighter pilot, Lieutenant Natasha “Phoenix” Trace.While Barbaro’s costars include major Hollywood players like , , and , the lesser-known actor had a secret advantage going into hours of .
Now 31 years old, the San Francisco native graduated from NYU’s BFA dance program in 2010 before moving back to California to pursue a career in acting.
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