Tom Cruise was the only actor who could handle the G-force from a F-14 in original Top Gun
Tom Cruise was the only actor who could handle the G-force from a F-14 in original Top Gun so for the sequel ALL the actors had to ‘train for 3 months’
Top Gun: Maverick producer Jerry Bruckheimer has revealed that all the cast had flight training so they could ‘get used to the G-forces’ to stop them from vomiting in the air.
The 76-year-old filmmaker acted as a producer on the original 1986 action movie which focused on American Navy fighter pilot LT Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell, who was played by Tom Cruise.
Bruckheimer admits that he and the team on the hotly-anticipated sequel learned from a major mistake that was made on the first film which was to ensure that any cast member that had to go into the cockpit of an F-18 jet had specialist training because on ‘Top Gun’ all the actors were sick when they were in the sky.
Top star: Tom Cruise was the only actor who could handle the G-force from a F-14 in original Top Gun, producer Jerry Bruckheimer told The Hollywood Reporter; Tom seen with co-star Kelly McGillis
He’s back! Cruise is the star of this year’s most anticipated movie Top Gun: Maverick
‘We trained our actors for three months so they could get used to the g-forces because we put them in the real F-18s,’ he told The Hollywood Reporter.
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‘On the first movie, we were using F-14s. We put all the actors in there and every one of them threw up,’ ‘he added.
‘We spent a fortune on filming them in a cockpit and the only stuff we could use was the stuff we had from Tom. He could handle the g-forces.
Back in the pilot’s seat: The star is again piloting a plane, only this time it is an F-18
A must see: Top Gun: Maverick hits cinemas this June, 34 years after the original was released
‘The rest of them, their eyes were rolling in the back of their heads.’
The rest of them included Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards and Rick Rossovich.
Top Gun: Maverick hits cinemas this June, 34 years after the original was released.
A pretty face: Top Gun: Maverickwill also star Jennifer Connelly
The newbie: Also in the cast is Miles Teller (pictured), Glen Powell, Monica Barbaro and Kilmer reprising his role as as Admiral Tom ‘Iceman’ Kazansky, Maverick’s friend and one-time rival
Bruckheimer was blown away by 57-year-old Cruise’s passion for the project and attention to detail.
The Bad Boys for Life producer – who also worked with the action legend on 1990 NASCAR drama Days of Thunder’- said: ‘He’s into every single detail. And I love it.
‘He’ll call me up and say, “Jerry, you know that mix? That door [closing] – it’s too loud.” It’s great.’
Top Gun: Maverick’will also star Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Miles Teller, Glen Powell, Monica Barbaro and Kilmer reprising his role as as Admiral Tom ‘Iceman’ Kazansky, Maverick’s friend and one-time rival.
The man behind so many hits: Bruckheimer with his wife Linda at the premiere of Bad Boys For Life in Hollywood on January 14
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