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Val Kilmer was thrilled for the opportunity to reprise his role as Iceman in Top Gun: Maverick.The 62-year-old actor - who was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2015 - is famous for playing the calm, cool rival to Tom Cruise's Maverick in the original 1986 film.However, when the actor admitted in a 2013 interview will Larry King that he had not been approached about appearing in a proposed Top Gun sequel, Tom Cruise, 59, reportedly rallied the troops to ensure his buddy was included. Reunion: Val Kilmer, 62, was thrilled to be part of the cast in Top Gun: Maverick as Admiral Tom KazinskyIn an interview with People, producer Jerry Bruckheimer declared, 'Tom said he wasn't going to make the movie without him.' As such, once the final script was approved, it made allowances for Ice who had been promoted to Admiral to take part in the fun.'So the fact that he was able to do it and he worked with us on the script,' explained the producer, 'to have him there and be a part of it was a really emotional day when we filmed him.

In 1983, producer Jerry Bruckheimer was flipping through the May issue of California magazine when he was struck by a story. "Top Guns" read the headline, with a large photograph from inside the cockpit of an F-14 fighter jet.The story opened: "At Mach 2 and 40,000 feet over California, it’s always high noon." "I saw that cover and I said, ‘We gotta do this.This looks great,'" recalls Bruckheimer. "It's 'Star Wars' on Earth." And at the box office, "Top Gun" did nearly reach "Star Wars" proportions.

“Top Gun: Maverick” teased fans with a brief behind-the-scenes video showing the power of the movie’s use of real aerial effects rather than any CGI. Both Tom Cruise and producer Jerry Bruckheimer have previously said that the movie will employ never-before-seen techniques to film practical aerial scenes rather than relying on CGI to do the visual work for them.

The release of Top Gun: Maverick has been delayed to the coronavirus but producer Jerry Bruckheimer dished on some details about the action packed sequel.Bruckheimer revealed that star Tom Cruise put his young co-stars through 'grueling' training to deal with the G-force in the aircraft as well as 'water survival' where they were blindfolded and dropped in a water tank, in an interview withYahoo Entertainment.He also confirmed that actor Val Kilmer would be reprising his role as Iceman in the sequel, despite him not appearing in two trailers for the flick.

The release of Top Gun: Maverick has been delayed to the coronavirus but producer Jerry Bruckheimer dished on some details about the action packed sequel.Bruckheimer revealed that star Tom Cruise put his young co-stars through 'grueling' training to deal with the G-force in the aircraft as well as 'water survival' where they were blindfolded and dropped in a water tank, in an interview withYahoo Entertainment.He also confirmed that actor Val Kilmer would be reprising his role as Iceman in the sequel, despite him not appearing in two trailers for the flick.

The release of Top Gun: Maverick has been delayed to the coronavirus but producer Jerry Bruckheimer dished on some details about the action packed sequel.Bruckheimer revealed that star Tom Cruise put his young co-stars through 'grueling' training to deal with the G-force in the aircraft as well as 'water survival' where they were blindfolded and dropped in a water tank, in an interview withYahoo Entertainment.He also confirmed that actor Val Kilmer would be reprising his role as Iceman in the sequel, despite him not appearing in two trailers for the flick.

“Top Gun: Maverick” producer Jerry Bruckheimer revealed that Val Kilmer, who played Iceman in the original film, will be returning for the highly anticipated sequel. He’ll join Tom Cruise, who is dusting off the role that made him famous in 1986, for a sequel that sees Maverick training a group of young, fresh top gun pilots, including his old flight buddy Goose’s son.

The third film arrived this year

Fans have been waiting more than three decades for a sequel to the 1986 blockbuster “Top Gun” — and thanks to COVID-19, they’ll be waiting even longer.