Tom Cruise Actually Flew In An F-14 Jet In Top Gun: Maverick, Says It Was A 'Dream Come True'

Hollywood actor Tom Cruise's latest movie Top Gun - Marverick premiered at the prestigious 2022 Cannes Film Festival ahead of its release worldwide. The film has Tom Cruise reprising his role of Captain Pete Mitchell after over 30 years since he took our collective breath away in Tony Scott¡¯s Top Gun. The film showcases Tom Cruise back into the cockpit and it seems the actor thoroughly enjoyed filming it.

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The 59-year-old actor has finally opened up about how he felt playing the Navy pilot in the film, which is slated to release on May 27 worldwide. According to reports, Tom Cruise has expressed that landing the role of Navy pilot Pete ¡°Maverick¡± Mitchell in ¡®Top Gun¡¯ was nothing less than ¡°life-changing.¡±

¡°All I ever wanted to be was a pilot or an actor, so ¡®Top Gun¡¯ was a huge moment in so many respects, including my passion for aviation,¡± the Hollywood star was quoted as saying to HELLO magazine, as per media reports.

Gushing that it was a life-changing opportunity, the actor further revealed that this time he got to actually fly in an F-14 jet.

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¡°I got to actually fly in an F-14 jet which was a dream come true, and play a character I loved in Maverick,¡± the three-time Oscar nominee said. In the latest installmemt of the blockbuster film series, Tom Cruise performed more plane stunts than ever in his life.

"The P-51 Mustang you see in the movie is actually my plane, so I got to pilot in those sequences,¡± Cruise said adding that he had also spent a lot more time in the jet fighter this time, which was thrilling. "It was something I had been working up to,¡± the Mission: Impossible actor added.

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Tom Cruise Got Emotional At Cannes 2022

At Cannes, Tom Cruise got emotional and broke into tears as he got a 6-minute standing ovation along with a surprise at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. From Golden Globe to Oscars, Tom Cruise has won many awards in his acting career but he was speechless and teary eyed seeing the response his movie Top Gun: Maverick received during the screening of movies at Cannes 2022. Moreover, he was presented with the Palme d¡¯Or which left him speechless as he reacted saying "wow".

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