Top Gun

Val Kilmer fought to reprise his role in 'Top Gun: Maverick.' And now the throat cancer survivor gets to celebrate the film's success.

[RELATED: A Woman Who Started Smoking at Age 11 Went on to Fight Three Throat Cancer Battles; Understanding Smoking and its Affect on Cancer Risk](https://www.survivornet.com/articles/a-woman-who-started-smoking-before-age-11-faced-throat-cancer-three-times/) [Adding His Voice to the Chorus – Artist and Throat Cancer Survivor Michael Rees Gets Behind HPV Vaccine Awareness](https://www.survivornet.com/articles/adding-his-voice-to-the-chorus-artist-and-cancer-survivor-michael-rees-gets-behind-hpv-vaccine-awareness/) [The American Cancer Society recommends](https://www.cancer.org/healthy/hpv-vaccine.html#:~:text=The%20American%20Cancer%20Society%20recommends,3%20shots%20instead%20of%202.) that boys and girls get the HPV vaccine between ages 9 and 12. [RELATED: A Woman’s Throat Cancer Mistaken For Tonsillitis For A Year– How To Push Your Doctor For Answers That Matter](https://www.survivornet.com/articles/a-womans-throat-cancer-mistaken-for-tonsillitis-for-a-year-how-to-push-your-doctor-for-answers-that-matter/) Throat cancer is a type of head and neck cancer where cancerous cells begin in the throat, voice box or tonsils. Jessica Geiger](https://www.survivornet.com/author/dr-jessica-geiger/), a medical oncologist at Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center, explains the link between throat cancer and HPV in a previous interview with SurvivorNet. [Former College Cheerleader Reinvents Herself After Surviving Ovarian Cancer](https://www.survivornet.com/articles/former-college-cheerleader-reinvents-herself-after-surviving-ovarian-cancer/) [ovarian cancer](https://www.survivornet.com/journey/ovarian-cancer/) at just 20 years old. “There are no screening guidelines to screen for throat cancer, unlike cervical cancer with pap smears. - Throat cancer is a type of head and neck cancer where cancerous cells begin in the throat, voice box or tonsils. [Get the Facts: What Do We Know About HPV-Linked Throat Cancer?](https://www.survivornet.com/articles/get-the-facts-what-do-we-know-about-hpv-linked-throat-cancer/) Since Kilmer has used a voice box to speak ever since his throat cancer battle, he had almost no verbal dialogue in the film. His character was ill in the movie, so he often typed his responses out on a computer screen when speaking to Cruise’s character. [Read More](javascript:void(0);) [Kilmer wrote in his memoir](https://people.com/movies/val-kilmer-begged-tom-cruise-return-top-gun-maverick/).

Top Gun: Maverick creators Joseph Kosinski and Jerry Bruckheimer reveal the brutal reality of on-set training and performing high-flying stunts.

[training for Top Gun: Maverick](https://screenrant.com/top-gun-maverick-plane-p51-mustang-tom-cruise/) was as thorough as it was difficult, but it showed just how far each actor was willing to go to make the film. They weren't limited to flight training either, as each of the actors also had to be experienced in how to escape a plane in the event of a crash. Glen Powell, who played Hangman, also has another film on the way, as he is set to star in Miles Teller, who appeared as Rooster in Top Gun: Maverick, is similarly set to appear in Apple TV+'s The Gorge, which will be another action-packed thriller, though production has kept details close to their chests. Throughout the course, the actors learned to complete many of the stunts without the help of CGI. The film featured a series of aerial stunts that showed off the skill of each of the film's many pilots.

Coming almost 40 years after the original, Top Gun: Maverick became the highest-grossing film of 2022. The long-awaited sequel primarily featured a new cast ...

[Insider](https://www.insider.com/top-gun-maverick-meg-ryan-kelly-mcgillis-not-in-movie-2022-5) that the return of both Ryan and Kelly McGillis was never even considered during development. There was no need for legacy characters to return just for the sake of returning. Had Ryan reprised her role as Carole, it would have complicated the film's story. But Ryan eventually decided she had enough and would step away from the Hollywood spotlight. It was revealed that Carole had passed away, and that Maverick had made a promise to keep Rooster from flying. Maverick tried to honor his promise by pulling Rooster's application to the Naval Academy. [a cultural phenomenon](https://movieweb.com/top-gun-1986-successful/) and properly honored the past. [Great Balls of Fire.](https://movieweb.com/paramount-release-top-gun-mavericks-unseen-great-balls-of-fire-performance/)" It was there that Carole pointed out Maverick's obvious love for Charlie. [Top Gun: Maverick](https://movieweb.com/movie/top-gun-maverick/) became the highest-grossing film of 2022. Carole did not blame Maverick for Goose's death, but met Maverick at a time when he was experiencing immense guilt. During Maverick and Goose's time at TOPGUN, Carole and Bradley arrived via airport to visit them. However, notably absent from the cast was [Meg Ryan](https://movieweb.com/person/meg-ryan/), which came as a surprise to many Top Gun fans.

"Avatar: The Way of Water," "Top Gun: Maverick" and "Elvis" were nominated for best drama film at the upcoming Golden Globe awards, but few nominees ...

"Now YOU and the #HFPA have said that it moved you and made you laugh and made you THINK!" [(DIS.N)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/DIS.N), led all movie distributors with 12 nominations. Current HFPA President Helen Hoehne told The Hollywood Reporter last week that she respected Fraser's decision but hoped the organization could "regain Mr. The ex-official has said he pinched Fraser's buttock as a joke. Tom Cruise returned his three Golden Globe statues in protest, and longtime broadcaster NBC dropped the 2022 telecast. 10 and will also stream on Peacock. [(PARA.O)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/PARA.O) distributed "Maverick," the highest-grossing movie of 2022. In TV categories, Warner Bros Discovery's [(WBD.O)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/WBD.O) HBO Max and Netflix Inc [(NFLX.O)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/NFLX.O) tied with 14 nods each. The "Avatar" and "Top Gun" sequels will face off against "Elvis," Steven Spielberg's semi-autobiographical film "The Fabelmans," and "Tar," the story of a manipulative conductor, for the top prize of best drama film. [(CMCSA.O)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/CMCSA.O) network agreed to air the Globes again in 2023 after the organization made reforms. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story LOS ANGELES, Dec 12 (Reuters) - "Avatar: The Way of Water," "Top Gun: Maverick" and "Elvis" were nominated for best drama film at the upcoming Golden Globe awards, but few nominees commented on the honors, a sign of lingering fallout from a diversity and ethics scandal.

Tom Cruise plays Capt. Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in Top Gun: Maverick from Paramount Pictures, Skydance and Jerry Bruckheimer Films.

It also shows footage of the actors in the jets and some of them appearing to get sick from the high intensity shots and training. Top Gun: Maverick is the highest grossing film of the year. “They all were able to do all their scenes in the jets for real, which is just phenomenal because you can’t imagine how physically difficult it is to do what they’re doing. It seems to me at the end of this film that Maverick has some gas left in the tank. So, Tom devised this three-month course for all the actors, to start with a very simple airplane and work their way up to the Navy jet.” He said, “Is there another story that is compelling enough that we need to go back?

Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski has left the door open for a sequel to the hit movie.

The re-release comes ahead of [its arrival on Paramount Plus on December 22, 2022](https://www.gamesradar.com/top-gun-maverick-streaming-UK/). [Rooster star Miles Teller dropped a hint earlier in 2022](https://www.gamesradar.com/top-gun-3-miles-teller-tom-cruise-conversations/). "That would be great," Teller said of the possibility, "but that’s all up to TC. [Top Gun: Maverick](https://www.gamesradar.com/top-gun-maverick-review/) director Joseph Kosinski has left the door open for a sequel to the hit movie. Top Gun: Maverick picks up more than 30 years after the original movie as Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell returns to the Top Gun academy. "Is there another story that is compelling enough that we need to go back?"

The 2023 Golden Globes will take place in January and several nominations were given out in December to Netflix films and shows like "The Crown," and "Glass ...

[CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER](https://www.foxnews.com/newsletters?cmpid=fnfirstnl) [Netflix continues to dominate](https://www.foxnews.com/category/organization/netflix) as a film and television distributor, with nine and 14 nominations respectively. NBC canceled the broadcast last year and has restructured their contract for this year's program. Due to a Los Angeles Times investigation in 2021, which found that the HFPA then had no Black members, a revelation compounded by other allegations of ethical improprieties, many stars and studios said they would boycott the show. Several of the top earning films from 2022 also grabbed nominations. The show will air on Jan.

Avatar 2 and Top Gun: Maverick have been nominated for Best Picture at the Golden Globes, setting them up for Oscars glory in 2023.

The former is the sequel to [the highest-grossing movie of all time](https://www.dexerto.com/tv-movies/top-50-highest-grossing-movies-of-all-time-1856841/), with James Cameron returning to cinemas for the first time in 13 years. but I’m more interested in the film getting out there to regular folks, and them taking the message to heart, and being entertained.” [here](https://www.dexerto.com/tv-movies/avatar-the-way-of-water-release-date-cast-trailer-and-everything-we-know-so-far-1852208/), and the best way to watch it [here](https://www.dexerto.com/tv-movies/avatar-2-best-way-to-watch-imax-3d-hfr-plf-4k-explained-2004899/). Also nominated is Tár, The Fabelmans, and Elvis. [here](https://variety.com/2022/awards/awards/golden-globes-nominations-list-nominees-2-1235455667/). [Avatar: The Way of Water](https://www.dexerto.com/tag/avatar-2/) and [Top Gun: Maverick](https://www.dexerto.com/tag/top-gun-maverick/).

Kevin Costner has been nominated for Best Actor in a Drama series for his role as John Dutton in Yellowstone, the nostalgic, anti-woke, pro-America drama on ...

The cast of Yellowstone in 2018. Evan Peters - Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story RRR - Naatu Naatu as awards show tries to recover from low ratings and scandals Yellowstone and box office blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick both nominated for Golden Globes...

Avatar: The Way of Water, Top Gun: Maverick and Elvis have been nominated for best drama film at...

The Avatar and Top Gun sequels will face off against Elvis, Steven Spielberg's semi-autobiographical film The Fabelmans, and Tar, the story of a manipulative conductor, for the top prize of best drama film. The Banshees of Inisherin, a nominee for best comedy or musical film, led all movies with eight nominations on Monday from members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the group that hands out the Globes and announces the nominations. Avatar: The Way of Water, Top Gun: Maverick and Elvis have been nominated for best drama film at the Golden Globe awards when the ceremony returns to television after a year off following a diversity and ethics scandal.

The original film, also starring Diego Boneta ('Father of the Bride') and Anders Holm ('Workaholics'), will premiere on the streamer on Feb. 10 in the U.S., ...

At Midnight is produced by Paramount’s international studios and Fred Berger (La La Land), David Bernon (Hearts Beat Loud), Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (Loving), Eréndira Núñez Larios (Sundown), Josh Glick and Boneta through his production company Three Amigos. At Midnight is directed by Jonah Feingold (Dating & New York) and written by Feingold, Maria Hinojos (Cindy la Regia) and Giovanni M. The movie also stars Casey Thomas Brown (Father of the Bride) as Chris, Sophie’s talent manager and old friend; Catherine Cohen (Netflix’s stand-up special Catherine Cohen: The Twist…? The film focuses on Alejandro, an ambitious hotel manager portrayed by Diego Boneta (Father of the Bride) and Sophie (Barbaro), a movie star navigating the politics of Hollywood. Despite their radically different lives, Alejandro and Sophie begin to secretly meet at midnight…” She’s trying to focus on shooting her new superhero film Super Society 3, in hopes of getting her own spinoff, but catches her co-star (and boyfriend!) Adam (Anders Holm, Workaholics) cheating,” according to a plot description. 10 across the U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia, Latin America and Italy. She’s Gorgeous) as Rachel, Sophie’s loyal and free-spirited best friend; Fernando Carsa (Acapulco) as Tachi, Alejandro’s best friend and bartender at the hotel; Whitney Cummings (Good Mourning) as Margot, a powerful Hollywood agent who represents both Sophie and Adam; and Maya Zapata (Selena’s Secret) as Aurelia, the hotel manager and Alejandro’s strict boss. “He’s focused on opening his own boutique hotel. [Paramount+](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/paramount-2/) has released first-look images from upcoming romantic comedy At Midnight, starring [Top Gun: Maverick](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/top-gun-maverick/) breakout [Monica Barbaro](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/monica-barbaro/), and unveiled that the original film will premiere on the streamer on Friday, Feb. [international](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/international/) markets will be set at a later date. 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They first met through Hudson's brothers, who are also actors: Powell co-starred with Wyatt Russell in Richard Linklater's 2016 baseball comedy “Everybody Wants ...

And coming from the family that I come from, my parents’ concern was that I didn’t understand the peaks and the valleys of what this business really is. And this is me at 21: When I woke up the day after I lost, it was like, “Oh, wow, that just happened.” For me, it was the most wonderful coming-out party that you could ever have possibly asked for. And the world fell in love with you — and you went on this ride of the Golden Globes and the Oscars, and you were … I was like, “I need to call Tom.” And Tom was so all about it. So our first conversation, I said, “No matter what happens, we have to be able to look each other in the eyes and understand what’s real and what’s not real.” Hudson: He’s also like, “Look, it’s not going to come out if it’s not great.” And “Top Gun,” if that wasn’t great, then that would’ve been terrible. I watched that movie and I was like, “I think we did it. And he would text me at night about a scene that I was shooting the next day. I was in New York and I went to Union Square to see it on the big screen with an audience. And in a movie like this, where you know there’s going to be a lot of eyes on it, you don’t want to be Draco Malfoy. Tom called it out — he Babe Ruthed it.” He was like, “This movie’s good enough where we have to just wait for this pandemic to be over.” But you know how it is. And then you went and did “Top Gun,” which we talked about when you got that movie, because the first one was everything.

Glen Powell says 'Top Gun: Maverick' costar Tom Cruise encouraged him to 'lean into the douchebaggery' during filming.

[Devotion](https://ew.com/movies/jonathan-majors-devotion-glen-powell-interview/), based on the true story of Jesse Brown (portrayed by [Jonathan Majors](https://ew.com/person/jonathan-majors/)), the first Black aviator in U.S. I said, 'I'm just feeling a bit panicky about the whole shoot.' He just stared at me for a long time, not knowing what to do, and he goes, 'Come on, stop being such a p---y, okay?'" "And in a movie like this, where you know there's going to be a lot of eyes on it, you don't want to be Draco Malfoy." "I was like, 'Tom, I'm not sure how I'm going to get through this shoot,' and just started to cry. Maybe that's just what I'm going to do,'" he recalled. "Sometimes you can fall into the trap of wanting to be liked on camera," Powell said.

Top Gun: Maverick Lt. Natasha "Phoenix" Trace star, Monica Barbaro, anchors the upcoming romantic comedy, At Midnight, in new first-look images.

Regardless of the direction of the sequel, there is a good chance Barbaro will return as Phoenix in Top Gun 3. As one of the few women represented in the film, Phoenix proved to be an invaluable member of the team that should undoubtedly return if [Top Gun: Maverick is to get a sequel](https://screenrant.com/top-gun-3-maverick-sequel-update-jerry-bruckheimer/). She is set to star in the Army of the Dead spinoff series, Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas, and in Arnold Schwarzenegger's upcoming spy action series, Utap. [Top Gun: Maverick star's](https://screenrant.com/top-gun-2-image-phoenix-monica-barbaro-fighter-pilot/) upcoming romantic comedy, At Midnight. Along with Barbaro and Boneta, an expansive group of stars rounds out the cast. Fate strikes when the shoot brings them all to Alejandro’s hotel in Mexico.

While we've learned about the crazy work they had to do in the plane, Jerry Bruckheimer and Joseph Kosinski explained the underwater training the cast also had ...

Well, clearly going underwater in a cage, and the entire training program was worth it. However, the cast has also made it clear their training really did pay off, and they were able to get up in the air and capture some seriously incredible scenes. So, this time they spent months training the actors to make sure they were ready to go perform in the F18s. The actor behind Maverick said that in the first movie all the actors threw up in the F14s, and they couldn’t use the footage. [Top Gun: Maverick cast](https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2487575/top-gun-maverick-an-updated-cast-list) and crew went to great lengths to pull off the high-flying feats within the long-awaited sequel. The Top Gun: Maverick producer said:

In January, the success story of Encanto and its hit single “We Don't Talk About Bruno” kicked off a banner year for music from movies: Five songs written ...

Integral to the songs’ success was director Baz Luhrmann’s involvement in “absolutely every note of every track,” Lamberton says, which leads to an emotional connection that the listeners can sense. Placement in a pivotal scene and use of a familiar hook similarly helped propel Doja Cat’s “Vegas,” which includes an interpolation of rock classic “Hound Dog” sung by Shonka Dukureh, who played the song’s original performer, Big Mama Thornton. I thought it was going to be a spike song for a couple of weeks, but we got a lot of mileage out of it.” Helmed by Doja Cat’s longtime producer, Yeti Beats, “Vegas” was “an opportunity to hear Doja rap again, which she hadn’t done as much of the last couple of tracks,” says Karen Lamberton, executive vp of soundtracks and film/TV licensing for RCA, which released the soundtrack. Because music was so instrumental in the original film.” (It’s also why, he says, Lady Gaga worked so closely with star Tom Cruise, composer Hans Zimmer and director Joseph Kosinski.) “More people had access to it because not everybody was comfortable going into a theater.” 6, the band’s first top 10 since 2014; and Doja Cat’s “Vegas” from Elvis, which reached No. 2 on the Hot 100, giving the superstar her first top 10 since 2017; OneRepublic’s “I Ain’t Worried” from Top Gun: Maverick, which hit No. In the case of “Bruno,” Ryan is first to admit he was skeptical. [Billboard 200](https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/) and Hot 100 for at least four weeks in 29 years since The Bodyguard and Whitney Houston’s version of “I Will Always Love You.” “Bruno” spent five weeks at No. “Part of the reason you’re seeing music in film generally do better is because it’s used in a more integral way to the story,” says Disney Music Group president Ken Bunt. “If the song is used in a more meaningful way, it tends to do better.

The film, since its release earlier in the year, has gone on to score and earn new records at Paramount and at the box office, the latest one being earning its ...

[the film premiere on its streaming platform](https://collider.com/where-can-i-stream-top-gun-maverick/) Paramount+ on December 22, just in time for Christmas — the need for speed and happy holidays, coming right up. It has been such a brilliant hit for Paramount that the studio has opted to have [Variety’s Actors on Actors](https://variety.com/2022/film/features/kate-hudson-glen-powell-top-gun-maverick-call-tom-cruise-help-1235451449/), Powell spoke on how he was able to pull out his performance at the film’s ending. And it is fair to say Powell more than leaned into it — he owned it and it was brilliant to watch. Everybody else in the movie is questioning their own ability. The appeal of Top Gun: Maverick comes not only from those awesome fighter jets, but also from the characters that manned them — one of which is Devotion star Glen Powell, who recently revealed the advice he got from the film’s main man while shooting.

Glen Powell, who plays Hangman in Top Gun: Maverick, reveals the surprising advice he got from co-star Tom Cruise regarding his performance.

It remains to be seen whether Top Gun 3 will get the green light, but fans would evidently love to see Cruise and the other actors get back into their pilot seats for another adventure. The ending to Top Gun: Maverick sees Maverick and Rooster working in harmony with Phoenix, Bob, Payback, and Fanboy to accomplish their mission. [Hangman rescuing Maverick and Rooster](https://screenrant.com/top-gun-2-maverick-hangman-final-rescue-genius-secret-meaning/) in Top Gun: Maverick is one of the movie's most rewarding moments, and Powell now reveals in one of [Variety](https://variety.com/2022/film/features/kate-hudson-glen-powell-top-gun-maverick-call-tom-cruise-help-1235451449/)'s "Actors on Actors" segments that Cruise gave him some surprising advice to make the scene land. This could open up some exciting possibilities regarding the film's action-packed climax, with Hangman potentially able to play a more pivotal role throughout the sequence instead of just showing up at the very end. With the Mission: Impossible franchise and his expected journey into outer space to shoot a movie with Doug Liman, it's not clear when the actor will have room in his schedule for another Maverick adventure. And in a movie like this, where you know there’s going to be a lot of eyes on it, you don’t want to be Draco Malfoy.

Tom Cruise advised "Top Gun: Maverick" co-star Glen Powell to embrace the "douchebaggery" of the Hangman role.

We want this to be whatever you want it to be.'” We want you to represent the original “Top Gun.” We need that sort of swagger. In some places in the world, this piece of body language will turn them off emotionally to your character.'” Lean into the douchebaggery of it all.'” “Sometimes you can fall into the trap of wanting to be liked on camera. “But Tom gave me this advice: ‘For the ending to work, you have to completely lean into that.

The GRAMMY-nominated group took to the stage to perform their top 10 and climbing hit, “I Ain't Worried,” which was co-written by Ryan Tedder, Brent Kutzle, ...

The season 22 finale of NBC’s The Voice aired on Tuesday evening (Dec. 14) on Peacock. “I Ain’t Worried” appears as the second and final single on the Top Gun: Maverick (2022) soundtrack.

"It was such an immense honor," the legendary actor says of working with Tom Cruise and starring in the sequel alongside new cast members Miles Teller, ...