'Top Gun: Maverick': Meet the New Recruits
etonline.comTom Cruise set out to make the follow-up film to his beloved 1986 hit, he knew the success of the story would hinge on not only the storyline and motivations of his character, Pete «Maverick» Mitchell, but in the squadron of young, up-and-coming Navy pilots Maverick is tasked with leading through their near-impossible mission.«We had to find not only the actors that are correct for the roles, or just a great cast, which we have in there — each one of them are extraordinary, charismatic, each one very distinct,» Cruise said in an exclusive ET featurette from the set of the film. «We also, prior to [filming], I had to go look.
This is how we're making the movie.»How they made the movie, it's important to note, was a once-in-a-lifetime Hollywood experience that included weeks of intensive training in aviation as well as filmmaking, as the young stars had to not only take to the skies to withstand flights in some of the world's most high-tech fighter jets, they also had to direct themselves in the flying scenes with IMAX-level cameras outfitted in the cockpits.«We sat down with them and said, 'This is what we're doing, and if you don’t want to have that kind if experience, I understand,'» Cruise recalled. «Just so that they knew, and I wanted them to be excited about it.»The cast of young pilots was on board, and together they provide the perfect complement to Cruise's iconic action hero status in the film, adding levity to the intense storylines, and giving Maverick a chance to pass on some of his skills — even the ones that still get him reprimanded by top brass.Read on to learn about the talented cast of trainees and some of the other new faces in, which is in theaters Friday, May 27.One of the most-talented pilots in.
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