Jerry also labelled their coming back together on-set as “very emotional” for the pair and production. We had such a good time on the first one and wanted to bring some of the gang back together again.” “He’s such a fine actor, and he’s such a good individual. We all wanted him, but Tom was really adamant that if he’s going to make another Top Gun, Val had to be in it,” Jerry added. He said, “We have to have Val, we have to have him back. In 2021, Maverick producer Jerry Bruckheimer echoed the sentiment, saying that Tom ‘really wanted’ Val to join in. He said, “The kind of talent that he has, and you see that scene, it’s very special, it’s just very special,” he continued speaking of a powerful scene in the film. The 59-year-old Tom praised 62-year-old Kilmer’s ‘talent’ and how they made a very ‘special’ scene together. “I really rallied hard for him to make the movie,” the Vanilla Sky star told. The Hollywood star, who brought to life Lt Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell, really wanted the man who played his on-screen rival Lt Tom ‘Iceman’ Kazansky to come back for the sequel. Hollywood star Tom Cruise says he ‘really rallied hard’ for actor Val Kilmer to appear in Top Gun: Maverick.

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