Iceman and Maverick but without Charlie.
As the cast of
Top Gun: Maverick
prepares to climb the steps of the Palace during the 75th Cannes Film Festival, it seems that a former protagonist of the 1986 production is missing.
Indeed, according to the film team, the character of Kelly McGillis has not been re-auditioned since he does not appear in the script of this new feature film.
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"Big and old"
In an interview for
Insider
, Joseph Kosinski, the director of the new
Top Gun
, said that he "didn't want every storyline to always look back in time."
In 2019, when the sequel to the famous 1986 action movie was announced, Kelly McGillis reacted in an interview for
Entertainment Tonight
and put forward another hypothesis.
"I'm old, I'm fat, and my looks match my age.
This is not what is wanted for the film.
I much prefer to feel good about myself and true to my age than to value any other consideration.
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Top Gun: Maverick
, the trailer
A new school romance
In the midst of pilot apprentices and US Navy planes, Tom Cruise will still have the right to a little romance.
While the director decided that it was "important to introduce new characters", he integrated into the cast Jennifer Connelly who will play Penny Benjamin.
In the first film she was only referred to as "the Admiral's daughter" with whom Maverick had an affair.
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For this new feature film, she would have become a single mother who owns a bar near the flight school where the character of Tom Cruise returns to teach.
“Penny Benjamin is a character we've heard of but never seen before;
it was an incredible opportunity to bring the character of Jennifer Connelly into this film,” said Joseph Kosinski.
The film should be released in theaters on May 25 and will be screened out of competition at the 75th Cannes Film Festival.