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Flying with a full heart! Tom Cruise was overcome with emotion while reuniting with Val Kilmer for the icon’s Top Gun: Maverick cameo.
During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! earlier this month, Cruise, 60, opened up about getting to work with Kilmer, 63, on the highly anticipated sequel to the 1986 film. “I just want to say that was pretty emotional,” the New York native told host Jimmy Kimmel after watching a clip from the 2022 movie.
Cruise continued: “I’ve known Val for decades, and for him to come back and play that character … he’s such a powerful actor that he instantly became that character again. You’re just looking at Iceman.”
When Kimmel, 55, asked whether Cruise shed any real tears during the heartfelt scene, the Golden Globe winner confessed, “I was crying. … I got emotional. He’s such a brilliant actor, I love his work.”
Cruise and Kilmer play Pete “Maverick” Mitchell and Admiral Tom “Iceman” Kazansky, respectively, in the Top Gun sequel, reprising their characters from the original movie. Mitchell turns to Kazansky for advice about how to handle a secret — and risky — mission.
Top Gun: Maverick became a smash hit when it debuted in theaters last spring — but it wasn’t only a success with fans. The action drama earned a nomination for Best Picture at the 2023 Academy Awards, along with nods for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Song, Best Sound, Best Film Editing and Best Visual Effects.
The sequel — which also stars Miles Teller, Glen Powell, Jay Ellis and Jennifer Connelly — was more than 30 years in the making. When it comes to a third film in the franchise, however, Cruise gets the final say.
“That would be great, but that’s all up to TC,” Teller, 36, told Entertainment Tonight in July 2022. “It’s all
Tom Cruise is the hunkiest movie star, according to the world's biggest experts… mums. The Top Gun actor pipped funnyman Robin Williams to the No 1 spot in a poll for Mothering Sunday.
Tom Cruise was “a little sensitive” for missing the 2023 Oscars after Top Gun: Maverick was snubbed.Cruise, whose new film received six nominations, was not in attendance at the Los Angeles ceremony. According to Entertainment Tonight, this was because the actor is shooting Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part II on location in the UK.Appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Letterman said that the supposed production issues were “nonsense,” and that he should have attended to celebrate “his big jet pack Maverick show”.Kimmel then responded: “Yeah. It seems like he should’ve been there, but he was not there.
Tom Cruise was notoriously absent from the Academy Awards. The actor, who starred and produced “Top Gun: Maverick,” has had a big year, earning six nominations for his film. According to a news report, he reportedly skipped out on the event to avoid a run in with his ex wife Nicole Kidman.Tom Cruise invited to big royal event this year: ReportDiego Boneta says Tom Cruise was like his mentor; does hilarious impressionThe Daily Mail reported that Cruise wanted to avoid an awkward run in with his ex at all costs.
Tom Cruise because the actor decided not to attend the ceremony, Oscars producers have admitted.Kimmel was the host of the 95th iteration of the Oscars on Sunday (March 12). The comic opened his the show with a monologue in which he poked fun at Avatar director James Cameron, last year’s Will Smith slapping incident and a dig at the poor box office performance of Babylon.The late-night TV host also couldn’t help but alert the audience to the fact that Cruise, whose Top Gun: Maverick received six nominations, was not in attendance.
feels the need, the need — to stay far away from his ex-wife, Nicole Kidman. The 60-year-old “Top Gun: Maverick” actor was noticeably absent from the 2023 Oscars on Sunday, despite the movie being nominated for six awards. He reportedly was MIA because he wanted to avoid an “awkward run-in” with Kidman, 55, whom he divorced more than 20 years ago.“Tom was not there because she was there, and he did not want a run-in,” a source reportedly told the Daily Mail on Monday.But insiders close to Cruise allegedly told the outlet that his absence was “not personal” and instead the result of scheduling issues.
Bonded for life! While celebrating Top Gun: Maverick‘s success at the 2023 Oscars, Jay Ellis reflected on the time he got to spend with costar Tom Cruise.
Tom Cruise is missing from Oscars night due to his work schedule. "Top Gun: Maverick" is nominated for six awards but Cruise, 60, won't be there to accept any if the film wins, as he's back in the United Kingdom filming "Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part II," Fox News Digital can confirm. The film has been nominated for best picture, writing, film editing, sound, music and visual effects and was featured heavily in the award ceremony's opening movie montage. The actor's co-stars appeared on the red carpet ahead of the award show and also confirmed his absence.
Miles Teller and many of his Top Gun: Maverick co-stars such as Danny Ramirez suited up for the red carpet at the 2023 Oscars on Sunday (March 12).
Celebrating from a distance. Tom Cruise wasn’t in attendance at the 2023 Oscars on Sunday, March 12, despite Top Gun: Maverick receiving six nominations.
Diego Boneta will always be thankful for Tom Cruise. The Mexican actor recently stopped by the Jennifer Hudson Show, where he opened up about his time on set with Cruise for his breakout film Rock of Ages, calling him a mentor.Boneta plays the lead in Rock of Ages (2012) which stars a-listers Cruise, Mary J Blige, Russell Brand, Alec Baldwin and Catherine Zeta-Jones. He told Hudson it was a learning experience, who quickly asked to see his impression of Cruise.
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Tom Cruise has discussed how he “got emotional” in his Top Gun: Maverick reunion with Val Kilmer.The actor, who reprised his role as Peter “Maverick” Mitchell from the 1986 film Top Gun, appeared in a brief scene with Kilmer in the new film.Kilmer played Tom “Iceman” Kazansky in the original film, but only returned for a cameo in the new film after being diagnosed with cancer in 2015 and now speaking with a voice box.“I just want to say that was pretty emotional. I’ve known Val for decades,” Cruise said on Jimmy Kimmel Live! recently.“For him to come back and play that character… he’s such a powerful actor that he instantly became that character again.
Tom Cruise is looking back on an emotional reunion that occurred on set of “Top Gun: Maverick” between his character Maverick and Val Kilmer’s Iceman.
Zack Sharf It stands with good reason that if any scene made you cry in “Top Gun: Maverick,” it was the emotional reunion between Tom Cruise’s Maverick and Val Kilmer’s Iceman. Kilmer had not acted in years after losing the ability to speak due to undergoing throat cancer treatment in 2014. But the actor returned for an emotional scene in the blockbuster “Top Gun” sequel. Suffice to say, there wasn’t a dry eye in the house when Kilmer had his big screen reunion with Tom Cruise, 36 years after the original “Top Gun.” The moment was so powerful that not even Cruise could keep the tears in. “I just want to say that was pretty emotional. I’ve known Val for decades,” Cruise said during a recent appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” “For him to come back and play that character…he’s such a powerful actor, that he instantly became that character again…you’re looking at Iceman.”
Jimmy Kimmel Live!” “I was crying. I got emotional.
After a 2022 which saw the biggest movie of his career at the box office, and the top grossing movie of the year with Top Gun: Maverick ($718.7M, $1.49 billion), Tom Cruise accepted the David O. Selznick honor tonight at the PGA awards.
Tom Cruise was reduced to tears while filming one scene for his major blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick.
Even combat veterans can cry.
As "Top Gun: Maverick" soared past $1 billion at the worldwide box office, Tom Cruise revealed emotions were also flying high with his co-star Val Kilmer. After more than three decades, Cruise and Kilmer emotionally reunited on-screen in the long-awaited sequel.The Hollywood costars skyrocketed to fame after the 1986 "Top Gun" movie. "I just want to say that was pretty emotional, I’ve known Val for decades," Cruise said during an appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live." "For him to come back and play that character…he’s such a powerful actor, that he instantly became that character again…you’re looking at Iceman." When asked if he cried while filming the intense scene, Cruise admitted he was in tears.