Watch Tom Cruise Land in a Helicopter at 'Top Gun: Maverick' Premiere
etonline.comTom Cruise made an epic landing onto the red carpet at the world premiere in San Diego Wednesday. The movie star arrived on the deck of the USS Midway aircraft carrier via a helicopter.Cruise stepped out of the chopper, which read «Tom Cruise. ,» on it and approached the droves of waiting photographers, reporters and fans, all itching to see the actor make his return as Lt.
Pete «Maverick» Mitchell, 36 years later.While Cruise wasn't wearing Maverick's signature flight suit, he did dress for the occasion, sporting a dark gray suit and tie and of course, a pair of aviator sunglasses.Despite some early reports that Cruise himself was piloting the chopper, the actor spoke with ET's Nischelle Turner and confirmed that he wasn't behind the controls in this particular instance.«No, not today.
I fly that helicopter, but not today,» Cruise said with a laugh.ET with Cruise's co-star, Jon Hamm, who plays Vice in the film, when Cruise made his magnificent entrance.«I'm just glad he's going through the back of my shot, so that's perfect for me,» Hamm joked. «You just gotta watch in awe.»«You don't get better than that» the alum added.Tom Cruise arriving to the #TopGunMaverick premiere in a helicopter that he piloted himself!
pic.twitter.com/gN0npZhdgwThe long-awaited follow-up to 1986's hits theaters May 27, and it's a film Hamm said fans of the franchise are going to want to see in theaters.«This is a movie that you want to see in theaters,» Hamm shared. «It feels like a welcome back to the theaters, after a couple years of pause that we were all on.
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