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Why did Top Gun: Maverick become the pinnacle of Tom Cruise’s career?

Why did Top Gun: Maverick become the pinnacle of Tom Cruise’s career?

Have you heard about Top Gun? It’s the sequel we never knew we needed!

“The best movie of all time!” – Earl, 22 years old became enthralled watching the film.

Sometimes, sequels are better than the original. The characters, plot twists, and cinematography are extreme and incredible. It truly deserves to be watched over and over again. No, I am not overreacting. But for people who love action and adventure. This film will truly satisfy your action movie night cravings.

Top Gun: Maverick, starring Tom Cruise, swiftly climbed to the top as the year’s biggest grossing film in two weeks.

The film stars Tom Cruise as Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell who has an incredible passion for aviation. He reprised his role from the original film. He is alongside the new Hollywood cast ever-ready to provide us with a real-life cinematography experience in the theaters.

The film has garnered $409.5 million after 19 days at the domestic box office, which has already surpassed Marvel’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

The original Top Gun was first released in theaters in 1986, starring one of the world’s highest-paid actors, Tom Cruise, together with Val Kilmer, Kelly McGillis, Anthony Edwards, Meg Ryan, and other stars. It was directed by Joseph Kosinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Don Simpson, and Bill Badalato.

Tom Cruise | Canva

A decade in the making

It was exciting to hear that Top Gun was going to be released in theaters in 2020. But what happened off-cam that it was served overdue?

After 36 years of waiting, Top Gun fans can finally watch the sequel to the film.

It took eight years of development, two years of production, a new director, and five pandemic-related delays before it made an uproar on-screen.

Finally, Paramount Pictures has released Top Gun: Maverick, an action film that conquers the interests of even non-interested movie geeks. This film will surely swoop over even non-action lovers.

Because who wouldn’t fall in love with Maverick’s flying stunts that will send you on a roller-coaster ride in your seats?

And yes, you have read it right!

Tom Cruise is renowned for doing his stunt work. He developed a flight training program that prepared his co-actors to indulge in the film. The sequel’s cast went through months of intensive flight training, so the footage you see of them in F/A-18 fighter jets is real, and not just CGI.

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Not a spoiler. 

Nope, this is not a spoiler. This is for you, who were unable to watch the original Top Gun.

The original film was about Maverick, a fighter pilot who was sent to the Top Gun Naval Fighter Weapons School, where the finest of the best trained to polish their elite flying skills.  Maverick’s reckless attitude and cocky demeanor put him at odds with the other pilots, particularly with the calm Iceman. But Maverick is vying not only for the title of the best fighter pilot but also for the attention of his flight instructor, Charlotte Blackwood.

In the new Top Gun: Maverick, bold characters with an amazing plot twist will surely make you want to watch it all over and over again.

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Top Gun: Maverick | Paramount Pictures

Top Gun is for Tom Cruise.

No one but Tom Cruise can play Top Gun. Tom Cruise earned his pilot’s license in the mid-’90s. And it is no surprise that the P-51 aircraft shown in the movie is his possession. Cruise even got to fly an F-14 jet while making the film.

Aside from Tom Cruise’s effortless charisma, his dedication to performing real stunts on the set proves to us that we can portray reality in movies.

“All I ever wanted to be was a pilot or an actor, so “Top Gun” was a huge moment in so many respects, including my passion for aviation. “

Tom Cruise to Hello magazine reports.

Indeed, it was the pinnacle of Tom Cruise’s Career.

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