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Val Kilmer as LT Tom "Iceman" Kazansky: One of Top Gun's students and Maverick's rival turned wingman. Anthony Edwards as LTJG Nick "Goose" Bradshaw: Maverick's radar intercept officer and best friend. Tom Skerritt as CDR Mike "Viper" Metcalf: Commanding officer and instructor of Top Gun.
May 16, 1986 · Top Gun: Directed by Tony Scott. With Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards. The Top Gun Naval Fighter Weapons School is where the best of the best train to refine their elite flying skills.
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Original Story. Jack Epps Jr. Writer. Jim Cash. Writer. For Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and his friend and co-pilot Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw, being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pilots is a dream come true. But a tragedy, as well as personal demons, will threaten Pete's dreams of becoming an ace pilot.
- Tom Cruise. Tom Cruise’s fame was on the rise by the time he was cast as Lieutenant Pete “Maverick” Mitchell. Between The Outsiders and Risky Business (for which he received a best actor Golden Globe nomination), Cruise was fast becoming a star when he took to the cockpit of an F-14 Tomcat and flew toe-to-toe against Russian MiGs.
- Kelly McGillis. Playing an Amish woman opposite Harrison Ford in Witness got Kelly McGillis noticed by Top Gun producer Jerry Bruckheimer, who cast McGillis as the no-nonsense instructor turned love interest Charlie Blackwood.
- Val Kilmer. Top Gun raised the specter of many of its stars, and Val Kilmer is no exception. After finding success leading the cast of the teenage sci-fi comedy Real Genius, Kilmer was cast as the cool-headed, methodical antagonist Iceman.
- Anthony Edwards. Anthony Edwards had a regular career in TV and small film roles in the early 1980s, but his first starring role as Gilbert in the raucous college comedy Revenge of the Nerds cemented him as a legitimate leading actor.
Jul 1, 2022 · With Top Gun: Maverick finally hitting the big screen, take a look back at what the stars of the 1986 original have been up to since.
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