Jerry Bruckheimer has plenty to celebrate over Memorial Day weekend, literally watching the long-awaited sequel to 1986’s Top Gun, Top Gun: Maverick, beat his previous domestic box office ope…
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End. /Skydance co-production easily won the record Memorial Day opening at the B.O. with $156M , unseatingOutside of any delay created by the pandemic, why the world had to wait 36 years for the further adventures of Tom Cruise’s Capt.
“It never really got that close; we never had a script, never had ideas” says the blockbuster producer about the sequel before Kosinski approached it.; he had a look book and a poster,” remembers the producer. “He wanted to make sure to do everything right including shooting in the jets with the actors.”Top Gun 2
there was a push to shoot the actors flying in live jets as well, but “their eyes rolled back in their heads; they couldn’t handle the G force” quips the producer. “The only footage was some of Tom.” Given that experience, it’s why Cruise devised a flight program on the sequel whereby the performers were trained to tolerate the G Force in three different aircrafts before manning the F18s.
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