Top Gun : Maverick , which was take in 2018 but repeatedlydelayeddue to the pandemic , is last congeal to come in field of operations on May 27 . The subsequence to 1986’sTop Gun , it starsTom Cruiseas Pete “ Maverick ” Mitchell , old Naval fender trainee - turned - instructor . But if Cruise had stuck to his initial thoughts about a follow - up , we probably would n’t be watch it at all .
Gizmodoexcavated a 1990 consultation Cruise grant toPlayboyin which the actor did n’t see himself reprising the role of Maverick under any circumstances .
“ Some the great unwashed feel thatTop Gunwas a correct - wing film to boost the Navy , ” Cruise said . “ And a lot of kids loved it . But I want the kids to know that that ’s not the way war is — thatTop Gunwas just an amusement park ride , a fun picture with a PG-13 rating that was not say to be realness .
" That ’s why I did n’t go on and makeTop Gun IIandIIIandIVandV. That would have been irresponsible . ”
Cruise is obviously not indisposed tosequels : He went on to makeMission : ImpossibleIIandIIIandIVandVandVIandVIIandVIII . But the context of the question — the interviewer was comparingTop Gunto Cruise ’s acute new dramaBorn of the Fourth of July , about real - living Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic — may have draw Cruise to suggest he was n’t opt to repay to a popcorn depiction of warfare anytime before long .
thespian have often shot down sequel only to hark back to them later : Sylvester Stalloneregularly madepronouncementsthere would n’t be any moreRockymovies followingRocky III . ( The franchise now totals eight films . )
WhetherTop Gunglorified state of war in the eyes of younger audience is debatable . That it glorifiedRay - Bansis not : Sales of the sunglasses dart up follow the moving picture .
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