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Hollywood once again is recurring to nostalgia to create a big blockbuster with ‘Top Gun: Maverick’. As it’s been 36 years since the first movie and so much has changed since, here check out how old Tom Cruise and the rest of the cast were in the original film.
 It’s been almost 40 years since the first ‘Top Gun’hit theaters and became an action classic thanks to its aerial stunts, its soundtrack and the emotional story of Lt. Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell, portrayed by no other than Tom Cruise, who was taking his first steps in his acting career. However, the story won’t end there as Cruise will return for the sequel, ‘Top Gun: Maverick’, which will be released on May 27. This time Captain Mitchell will train a new group of pilots, including the son of his best friend Goose, Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw (Miles Teller). The sequel, which suffered delays and setbacks due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is receiving praise from critics who call it “thrilling” and “emotional”. So, if you want to take the road down to the memory lane, here check out the ages of the original cast in the first one. Top Gun: The ages of the original cast‘Top Gun’ was one of the first big lead roles for Cruise, who was just starting his career in Hollywood. He was just 23 years old when he filmed the role. After this movie, which was released in 1986, he became one of the most coveted actors and starred in hit after hit, including the first ‘Mission Impossible’ and ‘Jerry McGuire’, which cemented his stardom in the 90s. Meanwhile, his co-star Kelly McGillis was 27 years old when she portrayed Charlotte, the romantic lead. She’s currently 64 years old and, when it was known that she wasn’t going to appear in the second film, many headlines pointed out to the fact that she’s older than Cruise, 59, who is usually paired with younger co-stars than him such as Jennifer Connelly, who is 51 years old. On the other hand, Val Kilmer portrayed Lt. Tom Kazanski, aka Iceman, when he was 27 years old and Anthony Edwards, who played Maverick’s best friend Goose, was 24 years old at the time of the filming. Finally, Meg Ryan, who was Goose’s wife, was 24 years old and it was only her second film ever. OG Top Gun fans are curious to know how old Kelly McGillis was in the 80s classic as fans compare photos of the star to throwback shots. While Top Gun: Maverick was one of the most anticipated films of the summer, McGillis, unfortunately, did not reprise her role as Tom Cruise’s love interest in the 2022 remake. Despite the actress not being a part of the new Top Gun film, she sparked attention this week after a comparison photo of her and Cruise made its rounds online. The photo, which shows the two actors in 1986 and this year, has prompted some to wonder about how old Kelly McGillis was in Top Gun. Let’s take a look… Snabba Cash | Season 2 Official Teaser | NetflixBridTV 11093 Snabba Cash | Season 2 Official Teaser | Netflix https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HH64eVtMTno/hqdefault.jpg 1075942 1075942 center 22886
How old was Kelly McGillis Top Gun?Filming for Top Gun began the summer before Top Gun’s release in June 1985. It continued over the following six months before it later wrapped that December. It was released the following summer in May 1986, at which time the film premiered in both New York City and Los Angeles, California. Born July 9, 1957, McGillis would have been 27 when filming began and would have celebrated her 28th birthday a month into filming. She would have been the same age by the time the film premiered in May 1986, just two months before she turned 29. Photo by CBS via Getty Images
McGillis is five years older than CruiseThe actress portrayed Tom Cruise’s character Maverick’s love interest Charlie with the two co-stars in real life, having an age difference of five years. Cruise, born July 3, 1962, would have been 22 years old when filming for the 80s movie began. Like McGillis, Cruise would also have celebrated his birthday a month into filming, meaning he would have been 23 throughout most of the production and at the time of its premiere. While Cruise reprised his role as Maverick in the recent remake of the 80s classic, McGillis was not featured in the project. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight in 2019, ahead of the new Top Gun film, the then 62-year-old McGillis revealed she had not been asked to feature in the project as she implied her aging may have been a reason. She explained: “I’m old, and I’m fat, and I look age appropriate for what my age is, and that is not what that whole team is about.” Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images
Before the now 65-year-old rose to fame in the 80s following the success of Top Gun, an incident at her home left her traumatized. In 1982, two men reportedly made their way into her apartment, held her at knifepoint, and sexually assaulted her. The incident stayed with McGillis as she entered her career on-screen and, according to People, led her to later begin to rely on drinking. As per the Reading Eagle, the actress has been sober since 2001, although around this time, she also took a break from Hollywood. McGillis stepped away from the spotlight for around six years before she featured in the TV drama The L Word in 2008. Having stepped back into the world of entertainment, over the past 14 years, the actress has featured in several film projects and TV series’ with her most recent credit being the anthology series Dirty John which also starred Christian Slater, Connie Britton, and Julia Garner. Have something to tell us about this article? Amber is an entertainment journalist with a love for anything showbiz, celeb or reality TV. After graduating with a degree in Journalism at Brunel University she became a Showbiz Reporter at Express.co.uk. Having written for both HITC and The Focus, Amber is now a staff writer for The Focus covering the latest celeb and entertainment trends. How old was Tom Cruise in the first Top Gun movie?Tom Cruise was just 23 years old when he first played Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in 1986's Top Gun. With the star turning 60 on July 3, a quick check of the math shows that fans have been quoting his breakout film's catchphrase—"I feel the need, the need for speed"—to Cruise for well over half his life.
Is Kelly McGillis in Top Gun 2?Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer returned to the Navy for Top Gun: Maverick, but one familiar face missing from the sequel is Kelly McGillis, who played Cruise's love interest in the 1986 original. According to McGillis, she wasn't asked to join the film, and she matter-of-factly cited her appearance for her exclusion.
How old was Val Kilmer during Top Gun?The 62-year-old actor, who reprised his role as Tom “Iceman” Kazansky in the new film, recalled what the shooting process felt like this time around. “We blew a lot of takes laughing so much,” he said. “It was really fun … special.”
Why is Meg Ryan not in Top Gun?Before she died - which, it seems, happened several years before the events of "Top Gun: Maverick" - she made Maverick promise to do everything he could to stop Rooster from following in his father's footsteps. That's the plot justification for not having Ryan return for the sequel.
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