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Top Gun Maverick official behind-the-scenes footage starring Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman with Ed Harris.
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After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. When he finds himself training a detachment of TOPGUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick encounters Lt. Bradley Bradshaw (Miles Teller), call sign: “Rooster,” the son of Maverick’s late friend and Radar Intercept Officer Lt. Nick Bradshaw, aka “Goose.”
Facing an uncertain future and confronting the ghosts of his past, Maverick is drawn into a confrontation with his own deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who will be chosen to fly it.
STARRING Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Charles Parnell, Bashir Salahuddin, Monica Barbaro, Jay Ellis, Danny Ramirez, Greg Tarzan Davis with Ed Harris and Val Kilmer
DIRECTED BY Joseph Kosinski
SCREENPLAY BY Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie
STORY BY Peter Craig and Justin Marks
BASED ON CHARACTERS CREATED BY Jim Cash & Jack Epps, Jr.
PRODUCED BY Jerry Bruckheimer, Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, David Ellison
EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY Tommy Harper, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, Chad Oman, Mike Stenson
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We are cleared into the area, verifying cameras are on all right here we go three two one here comes some g's, there's five g's all right.
That was awesome.
I wasn't ready to make a sequel until we had a special story worthy of a sequel and until technology evolved, so we could delve deeper into the experience of a fighter pilot.
The first movie became something that changed a generation, so this is exciting to come back and get those jets.
Again, we worked with the navy and the top gun school to formulate how to shoot it practically, because if we're going to do it, we're going to fly in the f-18s, the aviation sequences had to be real, so our actors went through three months of ruling training.
The navy says if you eject, you have to be able to survive in the water, so we had to go through that challenging underwater program.
It's intense you're, flipped, inverted and you're having to try and get out from there tom designed this all-encompassing aviation training for all the actors.
I started them out in a single-engine airplane to build up their spatial awareness inside the aircraft.
Next we took them to the l-39 and they went and flew aerobatics to feel what it's like.
In a jet from there they'd graduate to the f-18 super hornet and actually launching off an aircraft carrier.
The actors also had to learn how to run the cameras, because, when they're up in the jet they have to direct themselves essentially, okay, I had to really teach them cinematography and the lighting so that they understood what's going to look good on camera is great.
Everybody thought it would be impossible for actors to really be in the jets, but that's the gift that tom gave us that by the time we got up there, we could handle it.
Definitely the most amazing thing: I've ever done all the training 100 prepared, I'm very proud of what we all accomplish.
Each one of them are extraordinary.
It still blows my mind that we've done this there's nothing like it.
Tom said to me specifically at the beginning.
Is he wanted to make the greatest aviation film ever made? And you can't do that in a studio you've got to get in the air to be able to get into an f-18.
They had to go through all the training.
I hadn't done it since 1985.
The actors also had to train.
So I started them out in underwater training.
This water training we had to do it was real.
The purpose of the training is in the event that there were an over-the-water emergency.
I felt like I was drowning.
It was tough.
It has all these different contraptions that pull you through.
The water drop you into a tank and spin you upside down, so you get put in this helo dunk group.
You have to unstrap and find your way out.
It was heinous, there's, absolutely nothing that is fun about it.
They had to go through all that, just like we have to in an f-18 we're pulling up to seven g's and it takes a while to get accustomed to that.
Let's get some speed up, so tom developed a flight training program for all of the actors.
The intention is that the audience can feel what it is like to be in the f-18 during flight training.
They would be embarrassed about puking.
I was like do not be embarrassed about that.
I feel every bit of food I've had in my stomach.
Oh okay, my mustache fell off.
I can't wait for the day where I don't get sick, the training 100 preparedness today, I feel like a pilot.
They did in the course of four to six months what the average naval aviator does over the course of almost two years.
They have worked hard.
That was epic.
I thought one would tap out.
I thought for sure at least one would tap out.
Nobody tapped out.
I lost the bet.
His exploits are legendary is called sign, maverick in the navy.
Every single pilot each have a call assignment brewster.
I want you back phoenix.
We gotta move coyote, who are your friends play back fanboy? What do they call you bob? No, your call sign bob literally when you hear their call sign, you're hearing a bit of their history where's he going that's why we call him hangman he'll, always, hang you out to drive call signs are kind of informal social ways that we address each other as well as showcasing the positive message of naval aviation come on ready after 34 years tom cruise returns as maverick this is a competition film about family friendship and sacrifice.
It's a love letter to aviation.
We're gonna, show you what it's really like to be a top gun pilot.
You just can't create this kind of experience unless you shoot it live in order for us to accomplish this.
We have the greatest fighter.
Pilots in the world, working with us we're working with a brand new camera system that allows us to put six imax quality cameras inside the cockpit with the actors.
Verifying cameras are on check.
Camera's on there.
You go.
It's amazing.
What we see in the cockpit, what an audience is going to experience just thanks to tom all the actors becoming accustomed to the g-forces by all the training that they're doing here.
It is aggressive.
You can't act that the distortion, the face, they're pulling seven and a half eight g's, that's 1600 pounds of force.
I am so proud of them and what they've done, and it is heavy duty putting us up in these jets.
It's very serious! That's why everybody thought it would be impossible, and I think, when tom hears that something's impossible- or it can't be done, that's when he gets to work flying one of these fighter jets is an absolute thrill ride.
We want to make sure that the audience has the same experience.
Aviation film like this has never been done and chancellor will never be done again.
What do we have here? Yeah here? I thought we were special fellas, this here's bagman, hang man whatever.
What the hell kind of mission is.
This everyone here is the best there is who the hell are they going to get to teach us captain pete maverick mitchell.
Let me be perfectly blunt: you are not my first choice.
You were here at the request of admiral kazansky, aka iceman.
He seems to think that you have something left to offer the navy.
What that is, I can't imagine all due respect, sir, I'm not a teacher.
I just want to manage expectations good morning, aviators.
This is your captain speaking and we're off.
Here we go in three two one we're going into combat on a level no living pilot's ever seen, not even him.
You think up there you're dead.
Believe me, my dad believed in you.
I'm not gonna, make the same mistake someone's not coming back from this.
Those are your pilots.
Anything happens to them.
You will never forgive yourself.
No turning back now come on having any fun yet you.
FAQs
TOP GUN 2 Maverick BEHIND THE SCENES 10 Minutes Footage? ›
One of the biggest stories from behind the scenes of Top Gun: Maverick is the real inflight scenes that were shot. This meant actors getting into real Boeing F/A 18F Super Hornet aircrafts. Actors had to endure a rigorous training program to prepare for the film. This was primarily for their own safety.
Is the footage in Top Gun: Maverick real? ›One of the biggest stories from behind the scenes of Top Gun: Maverick is the real inflight scenes that were shot. This meant actors getting into real Boeing F/A 18F Super Hornet aircrafts. Actors had to endure a rigorous training program to prepare for the film. This was primarily for their own safety.
How did they film the jet scenes in Top Gun: Maverick? ›“It was a multi-cam setup wired to one switch that the actor would flip to get all six cameras going,” director Joseph Kosinksi told IndieWire. “We had two planes flying — that's 12 cameras, not including ground to air and exterior mounts, heli to jet, and jet to jet.
Are there extra scenes at the end of Top Gun: Maverick? ›Top Gun: Maverick does not have a post-credits scene. It ends with a short montage of the main cast members, followed by Captain Mitchell flying his P-51 Mustang into the sunset.
How many hours of footage does a Top Gun: Maverick take? ›That's as long as all the Lord of the Rings films' footage combined. It sounds as though Top Gun: Maverick was quite a grueling shoot, with director Joseph Kosinski filming over 800 hours of footage.
Can Tom Cruise fly a fighter jet? ›While Cruise really is sat in the cockpit of an aircraft during Top Gun: Maverick, he's not always actually at the plane's controls. The 59-year-old actor, who is a licensed pilot, did fly a P-51 propeller-driven fighter plane and a few helicopters, but the Navy denied him permission to fly an F-18 fighter jet.
Did Tom Cruise actually hold onto the plane? ›The film's Director of Photography, Robert Elswit, explained to The Hollywood Reporter that Cruise was securely fastened to the plane while filing the daring stunt. Specifically, he states: "Tom was in a full-body harness, and he's cabled and wired to the plane through [its] door.
Did the Top Gun: Maverick actors actually fly the planes? ›As wild as it sounds on the surface, it was even more concerning after hearing the actors from the movie talk about it. One of the reasons Maverick is now Tom Cruise's highest-grossing film is its practical effects and lack of CGI: Those are really the actors flying those planes.
Do the actors actually fly in Top Gun 2? ›Instead, the actors who play the fictional team of elite aviators were flown by military pilots along with IMAX-quality cameras. While they weren't literally at the controls, though, that didn't stop the actors from having to go through some serious training just to be able to be a passenger in these fighter jets!
Have we ever gone mach 10? ›On November 16, 2004, NASA made history by launching the X-43A, the first-ever air-breathing hypersonic vehicle, into the atmosphere, achieving Mach 10 speed. The X-43A separated from its booster and accelerated on scramjet power at nearly ten times the speed of sound (7000 MPH) at roughly 110,000 feet.
What scenes were real in Top Gun: Maverick? ›
If you don't know, all the fighter jet scenes in the Joseph Kosinski directorial are real, and real Navy jets, F-18, were used. This makes the movie all the more special. But it was obviously hard for Cruise, Miles Teller, Monica Barbaro, Glen Powell, and the rest of the cast to shoot the scenes without any CGI.
Is there a post credit scene in Maverick? ›No, Top Gun: Maverick doesn't have a post-credits scene.
Who were the real pilots in Top Gun: Maverick? ›Meet the Retired Navy Pilot Who Flew Tom Cruise's Jet in 'Top Gun: Maverick' Cmdr. Frank “Walleye” Weisser, USN (Ret), transformed himself from a teenage aspiring SEAL at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., into a world-class stunt pilot who flew Tom Cruise's fighter jet in the 2022 blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick.
Is Penny in the first Top Gun? ›While she never appears in person in the first "Top Gun," Penny becomes a major character in the sequel. Now played by Connelly, Penny owns a bar that is the downtime destination of choice for the TOPGUN crew.
Was Top Gun shot with IMAX cameras? ›However, the movie was not filmed with true IMAX cameras (“Shot With IMAX Film Cameras”) but with IMAX-Certified cameras, which are basically high-end-large-sensor digital cinema cameras that were certified by IMAX. In that case, it is the Sony VENICE (1).
How many years after Top Gun does Maverick take place? ›- More than 30 years after graduating from Top Gun, United States Navy Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell is a test pilot. ...
- The Navy has been tasked with destroying an unsanctioned uranium enrichment plant, located in an underground bunker at the end of a canyon, before it becomes operational.
Instead, the actors who play the fictional team of elite aviators were flown by military pilots along with IMAX-quality cameras. While they weren't literally at the controls, though, that didn't stop the actors from having to go through some serious training just to be able to be a passenger in these fighter jets!
Is the F 14 in Top Gun: Maverick real? ›MotoArt found a decrepit F-14 in storage and later discovered it had been used in several Hollywood productions, including Top Gun: Maverick. They have created F-14A Tomcat PlaneTags for aviation enthusiasts and collectors, preserving the legacy of this iconic military jet.
What real pilots think of Top Gun: Maverick? ›Is the flying in Top Gun: Maverick realistic? "A lot of the flying, ninety percent of it, was realistic," says former Top Gun pilot and instructor Andy "Grand" Mariner. "It wasn't the crazy stuff from the first [movie].
Did Tom Cruise do stunts in Top Gun: Maverick? ›The Hollywood icon was behind the cockpit in all those action shots. It looks like the passage of time or going several g's can't stop Tom Cruise from doing what he wants.