Do you feel the need? The need for speed? It’s been nearly four decades since Top Gun drilled that catchphrase into our collective psyches. Later this week, Tom Cruise will reprise his role as Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in Top Gun: Maverick. In the sequel, Maverick is training a new generation of Top Gun pilots, and he takes that duty seriously. Cruise also felt it was important to teach the new group of actors how to convincingly portray elite pilots.
As depicted in the video, the cast went through several months of training for the film. Perhaps the most harrowing part of that training was a simulated underwater evacuation. From there, the actors were taught how to fly their own planes in stages, and how to handle movement and spatial awareness inside the cockpit. However, Cruise and company took it a step further. Not only were the actors flying their planes, but they were also filming their in-cockpit footage for the movie.
Jennifer Connelly also stars in the film as Penny Benjamin, with Jon Hamm as Vice Admiral Beau “Cyclone” Simpson, Glen Powell as Lieutenant Jake “Hangman” Seresin, Ed Harris as Rear Admiral Chester “Hammer” Cain, Monica Barbaro as Lieutenant Natasha “Phoenix” Trace, Jay Ellis as Lieutenant Reuben “Payback” Fitch, Danny Ramirez as Lieutenant Mickey “Fanboy” Garcia, Greg Tarzan Davis as Lieutenant Javy “Coyote” Machado, and Charles Parnell as Rear Admiral Solomon “Warlock” Bates.
Joseph Kosinski directed the film from a screenplay by Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, and Christopher McQuarrie. Peter Craig and Justin Marks came up with the story for the sequel. Top Gun: Maverick will hit theaters this Friday, May 27.
Pilots have high demands on physical fitness.
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