Where Are They Now? Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer

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‘Top Gun’ Cast: Where Are They Now? Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer and More

Feeling the necessity for velocity! Ever since its debut virtually 4 many years prior, Top Gun has been thought of an American traditional — and it lastly bought a sequel.

The movie, which was launched May 16, 1986, follows a gaggle of Top Gun Naval Fighters as they study to coach and refine their elite flying abilities. When hotshot pilot Maverick (Tom Cruise) joins the squad, his reckless habits places him at odds together with his fellow pilots — particularly “cool guy” Iceman (Val Kilmer). With the assistance of his pal Goose (Anthony Edwards), Maverick units off to not simply be the highest fighter in his class however to win the love of the academy’s flight teacher, Charlotte Blackwood (Kelly McGillis).

The motion flick was an prompt traditional and impressed a era to hitch the armed forces, with the U.S. Navy reporting a 500 % enhance in admissions that very same yr. Directed by Tony Scott, the film went on to win an Oscar and a Golden Globe in 1987 for Best Original Song – “Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins.

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The sequel to the journey movie, which debuted on May 27, 2022, serves as an ode to its predecessor. Joseph Kosinski, who took over directing the franchise from Scott, defined the nerves he felt as a newcomer paying homage to the unique whereas additionally making one thing new for viewers to get pleasure from. (Scott died by suicide in August 2012.)

“It’s a little nerve-wracking, Because we know we love the film, but you just never know how an audience is going to react — especially to something so beloved,” the Iowa native defined in a May 2022 interview with Screen Rant. “Everyone has their very own model or reminiscence of the primary movie or what they cherished about it. I hope individuals see how a lot we revere the primary movie and on the similar time, we wished to inform our personal story.”

Cruise, for his half, advised The Sunday Project that very same month that his dream was to discover a option to make the follow-up movie even higher than what got here earlier than it — as soon as the time was proper.

“I was thinking of the audiences, of what can we do to really entertainment everyone and figure this thing out,” the actor advised the outlet about revisiting the movie so a few years later. “Before the original opened there was talk of [making a sequel] … and as a young actor, I wasn’t ready to do it. I was educating myself in cinema and story and as time went on, every year I would release a movie, people would be like, ‘What about Top Gun?’ So I would go and think, ‘What could I do?’ I’ve always looked for an interesting story. … I felt like [Miles Teller as Goose’s son Bradley Bradshaw] was a [worthy] emotional story.”

Scroll beneath to see the place the unique forged of Top Gun is in the present day:

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Tom Cruise

After Top Gun, the New York native went on to star in an infinite string of field workplace hits together with Rain Man (1988), A Few Good Men (1992), Minority Report (2002), Jerry McGuire (1996), Magnolia (1999), War of the Worlds (2005) and the blockbuster franchise Mission: Impossible (1996 to 2016). He returned to his function as Maverick for the 2022 movie Top Gun: Maverick.

The Born on the Fourth of July actor married Mimi Rogers in 1987 however the former couple known as it quits in 1990. Cruise bought hitched to Nicole Kidman in December of that very same yr and the duo adopted daughter Bella and son Connor earlier than parting methods in 2001. Following their cut up, the Risky Business star tied the knot with Katie Holmes in 2006 and the 2 have been married for 5 years earlier than they divorced in 2012. (The pair share a daughter.)

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Val Kilmer

The California native portrayed distinguished roles within the Nineties, together with music legend Jim Morrison in The Doors (1991), Doc Holliday in Tombstone (1993) and Bruce Wayne in Batman Forever (1995). He revised his function as Iceman for a cameo within the 2022 motion sequel Top Gun: Maverick. 

In December 2017, The Hollywood Reporter revealed Kilmer had gone by means of a two-year battle with throat most cancers that left him unvoiced and consuming out of a feeding tube. In 2021, Kilmer labored with a Sonantic prototype that used archival footage to create a brand new voice for himself.

“My voice as I knew it was taken away from me. People around me struggle to understand when I’m talking. But despite all that I still feel I’m the exact same person,” he stated in an August 2021 video.

The Traveler actor has been linked to Cher, Cindy Crawford, Angelina Jolie and Daryl Hannah. After engaged on the set of 1988’s Willow, Kilmer met ex-wife Joanne Whalley. The two tied the knot in March 1998 earlier than calling it quits 8 years later. The pair share daughter Mercedes and son Jack.

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Kelly McGillis

The Julliard educated actress was featured in The Accused reverse Jodie Foster in 1988. She has since starred in a myriad of horror flicks corresponding to Stakeland (2010), The Innkeepers (2011) and We Are What We Are (2013) earlier than foregoing movies to concentrate on a extra stage-driven profession on the Shakespeare Theatre Company.

The One Life to Live alum married fellow Julliard pupil Boyd Black in 1979 and the 2 divorced three years later. In 1989, the California native married Fred Tillman, with whom she shares two daughters, Kelsey and Sonora. The former couple went on to name it quits in 2002 and McGillis entered a civil union with Melanie Leis in 2010. They cut up just a few years later. 

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Anthony Edwards

The Revenge of the Nerds actor starred within the 1988 cult traditional Miracle Mile and the 2007 characteristic Zodiac earlier than shifting his abilities to tv the place he gained a Golden Globe for his portrayal of Dr. Mark Greene on the long-running medical drama ER. His newest hits embrace Designated Survivor (2016), Inventing Anna (2022) and the AppleTV+ hit WeCrashed (2022). He plans to star within the upcoming anthology spin-off sequence Tales of the Walking Dead.

Edwards was married to Jeanine Lobel, with whom he shares son Bailey and daughters Esme, Wallis and Poppy, from 1994 to 2015. In December 2021, the Fast Times at Ridgemont High alum eloped together with his longtime pal Mare Winningham.

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Meg Ryan

After her function as Carole Bradshaw in Top Gun, Ryan went on to star in a slew of romantic comedies together with When Harry Met Sally… (1989), Sleepless in Seattle (1993), When a Man Loves a Woman (1994), You’ve Got Mail (1998) and Kate and Leopold (2001).

By the 2000s, the Promised Land actress had switched her focus to unbiased options and directed the 2015 movie Ithaca.

The As The World Turns alum married Dennis Quaid in 1999 however the two divorced a decade later. They share son Jack Quaid, a distinguished actor who has starred within the Amazon Prime sequence The Boys and the 2022 movie Scream. Ryan adopted daughter Daisy True in 2004 when she was 14-months-old.