Tom Cruise Cried While Reuniting With Val Kilmer for ‘Top Gun: Maverick’: It Got ‘Pretty Emotional’
usmagazine.comFlying with a full heart! Tom Cruise was overcome with emotion while reuniting with Val Kilmer for the icon’s Top Gun: Maverick cameo.During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
earlier this month, Cruise, 60, opened up about getting to work with Kilmer, 63, on the highly anticipated sequel to the 1986 film. “I just want to say that was pretty emotional,” the New York native told host Jimmy Kimmel after watching a clip from the 2022 movie.Cruise continued: “I’ve known Val for decades, and for him to come back and play that character … he’s such a powerful actor that he instantly became that character again.
You’re just looking at Iceman.”When Kimmel, 55, asked whether Cruise shed any real tears during the heartfelt scene, the Golden Globe winner confessed, “I was crying. … I got emotional.
He’s such a brilliant actor, I love his work.”Cruise and Kilmer play Pete “Maverick” Mitchell and Admiral Tom “Iceman” Kazansky, respectively, in the Top Gun sequel, reprising their characters from the original movie.
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