"I take back every rust-pickin', squid-hatin' thing I've ever said about swabbies!" There his character criticised F-14 aviators.
TIM ROBBINS TOP GUN SCENE MOVIE
Whip Hubley who played Hollwood went on to star in the movie Executive Decision.Jon Voight was considered for the role of Viper.Gossett, however, did play the older, mentor-type role in another 80s fighter jet film, " Iron Eagle". Louis Gossett Jr. was considered for the role of Viper.John Travolta was considered for the role of Maverick, but his agent's asking price for him was too high, especially in lieu of his recent box-office flops.Sheen would later go on to spoof the role in the 1991 comedy " Hot Shots".
Charlie Sheen, Jim Carrey, Rob Lowe, Eric Stoltz and Robert Downey Jr. were considered for the role of Maverick. Fox, Scott Baio and Tom Hanks all turned down the role of Maverick. Patrick Swayze, Emilio Estevez, Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, Mathew Broderick, Sean Penn, Michael J.Matthew Modine turned down the role of Maverick because he objected to the film's Cold War politics.Tom Cruise actually had to wear lifts in his scenes with Kelly McGillis.Heatley, a real-life former F-14 air show demonstration pilot and TOPGUN instructor. When Maverick receives his orders to the carrier following the graduation ceremony, there is a pilot standing behind him, with a mustache and wearing sunglasses.Anthony Edwards is the only actor who didn't vomit while in the fighter jets.He vomited during the first trip but was okay during the other two. In preparation for his role, Tom Cruise was allowed to take 3 rides in the F-14 Tomcat.Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer kept their distance from each other and never socialised off-camera. The tension between Maverick and Iceman wasn't just down to good acting.However, it became one of his most iconic roles in his career. Val Kilmer did not want to be in this film, but was forced to by contractual obligations.The call sign ' Sundown' is actually a reference to a squadron of F-14s called the sundowners that have the same sundown graphic on their tail fins as on Sundown's helmet.James Tolkan's character is referred to as " Stinger" in the credits, but is never addressed by anything other than "Sir" throughout the film.Other real names of the pilots/RIOs were that are not otherwise mentioned in the movie, but only by their callsigns are: Hollywood: LT Rick Neven Wolfman: LTJG Leonard Wolfe Slider: LTJG Ron Kerner Cougar: LT Bill Cortell Merlin: LTJG Sam Wells.In early drafts of the film, the character ( Tim Robbins) whose call sign is ' Merlin' actually had the last name of Merlin, and his call sign was 'Wizard'.The callsign 'Ghostrider' that Maverick uses for his plane was the name of a real F-14 squadron (VF-142), and a model of a Tomcat from that squadron can be seen behind Sundown in the shot where Maverick tells Slider he stinks.This is the callsign for one of the top gun instructors and MiG pilots that worked on the film, Lt. In several locker scenes, one of the lockers is labeled as belonging to "TEX".
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