"Top Gun" star Tom Skerritt is sharing his thoughts on the movie's sequel and reflecting on the original 1986 film. Skerritt, who starred as Commander Mike "Viper" Metcalf in the original, opened up about what made "Top Gun" iconic during a recent interview with Fox News Digital. "The music had a lot to do with it by the way," he said. "But the screenplay itself, which I've always honored as being the whole reason for a good show, and you just write the work … and do the job you have good material for the rest of us to work with.
And I really believed in that screenplay." Skerritt starred in the film alongside a young Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer and others such as Kelly McGillis.
Tom Skerritt starred in the original "Top Gun" as Cdr. Mike "Viper" Metcalf. (Photo by CBS) Tom Cruise as Lt. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, Anthony Edwards as Lt.
Nick "Goose" Bradshaw, Michael Ironside as Lt. Cdr. Dick "Jester" Wetherly and Tom Skerritt as Cdr. Mike "Viper" Metcalf in the film "Top Gun." (Photo by CBS) "Everybody was having a good time on this.
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