Cast of Top Gun: Maverick's intense pilot training

After more than thirty years, the producers of Top Gun: Maverick including Tom Cruise and Jerry Bruckheimer felt the need for a sequel. The best aerial movie that inspired a generation is getting a part 2 that will speed to the theaters and IMAX on May 25.

In this behind the scenes featurette of Top Gun: Maverick, cast Tom Cruise (Maverick) suits back up and reviewed his piloting skills together with 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. Assisted by the US Navy and Air Force, the cast went through gruesome aviation training and even a crash course on cinematography. They had experienced flying on the L39s, F18 Super Hornet to give them a feel of flying an aircraft. Watch the video below.

The film is written by Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie, based the characters created by Jim Cash & Jack Epps, Jr. Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie and David Ellison.

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