Faced with a tight job market, the Navy is banking that 'Top Gun: Maverick' can help rescue naval aviation from a pilot shortage 36 years after the original film broke recruiting records. It's part of a long relationship between Hollywood and the military.
Paramount paid the Navy more than $5 million. Much of the money was spent to retrofit real F-18 Super Hornets with cameras. Real Navy pilots do the flying, putting the actors and the audience in the cockpit.
Rob Newell directs the Navy program that works with the entertainment industry. Part of his job is to ensure that films that use Navy assets also uphold the values of the US Navy. “That has started to wane — and so people don't have, and communities don't have, those connections that they used to,” he said. “Everybody can't go out to an aircraft carrier, but everybody can go to a movie theater.”
“I do think it's going to strike gold, and I think it's going to be a huge return on investment for the Navy,” Ferguson said.
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