{"id":455505,"date":"2022-05-31T13:43:04","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T10:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/tom-cruise-didnt-want-to-make-top-gun-sequel\/"},"modified":"2022-05-31T13:43:04","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T10:43:04","slug":"tom-cruise-didnt-want-to-make-top-gun-sequel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tom-cruise-didnt-want-to-make-top-gun-sequel\/","title":{"rendered":"#Tom Cruise didn&#8217;t want to make &#8216;Top Gun&#8217; sequel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a38385e60239\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a38385e60239\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tom-cruise-didnt-want-to-make-top-gun-sequel\/#%E2%80%9CTom_Cruise_didnt_want_to_make_%E2%80%98Top_Gun_sequel%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Tom Cruise didn&#8217;t want to make &#8216;Top Gun&#8217; sequel&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CTom_Cruise_didnt_want_to_make_%E2%80%98Top_Gun_sequel%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Tom Cruise didn&#8217;t want to make &#8216;Top Gun&#8217; sequel&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p>Director Joseph Kosinski said he had just 30 minutes to convince Tom Cruise to star in \u201cTop Gun: Maverick.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Revealing Cruise \u201creally didn\u2019t want to\u201d make a sequel to the hit 1986 blockbuster, Kosinski met with the actor in Paris where he had just half an hour to pitch the project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I read the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a>, I had some ideas, and Jerry [Bruckheimer] liked those ideas. He said, \u2018You know what, you gotta go pitch this to Tom directly,&#8217;\u201d Kosinski told <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/23138035\/top-gun-maverick-director-interview\">Polygon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/newspress-collage-22468906-1653989307740.jpg?1653975009&amp;w=1024&amp;1653975009\" alt=\"Tom Cruise at the &quot;Top Gun: Maverick&quot; premiere at Cannes Film Festival.\" class=\"wp-image-22468995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/newspress-collage-22468906-1653989307740.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;1653975009&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/newspress-collage-22468906-1653989307740.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;1653975009 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/newspress-collage-22468906-1653989307740.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;1653975009&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>According to director Joseph Kosinski, Tom Cruise initially wasn\u2019t interested in doing a \u201cTop Gun\u201d sequel.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe flew to Paris, where Tom was shooting Mission: Impossible, we got about a half-hour of his time between setups.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I basically had 30 minutes to pitch this film, which I didn\u2019t realize when we were flying over. But when I got there, I found that Tom really didn\u2019t want to make another Top Gun,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s one of those moments as a director, you have one on every film, where you\u2019re on the spot to make a case for why this movie should be made. I had 30 minutes to do it,\u201d he told the outlet.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWhen I got there, I found that Tom really didn\u2019t want to make another \u2018Top Gun.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p><cite>Joseph Kosinski<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Once Kosinski wrapped up his pitch, he recalled Cruise picking up his phone and calling the head of Paramount Pictures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re making another Top Gun,\u201d Cruise told execs, according to Kosinski. <\/p>\n<p>Kosinski said it was \u201cpretty impressive to see the power of a real movie star in that moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1398684130-e1653989508779.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Joseph Kosinski and Tom Cruise attend the photocall of &quot;Top Gun: Maverick&quot; during the 75th annual Cannes film festival.\" class=\"wp-image-22469000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1398684130-e1653989508779.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1398684130-e1653989508779.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1398684130-e1653989508779.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Kosinski said he had just 30 minutes to pitch \u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d to Cruise.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The director also revealed why the film is titled \u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d rather than a follow-up to the first film.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just had the title, you know, which I think kind of summed it all up,\u201d he told <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/23138035\/top-gun-maverick-director-interview\">Polygon<\/a>. \u201cWe aren\u2019t going to call it \u2018Top Gun 2,\u2019 we\u2019re going to call it \u2018Top Gun: Maverick.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that the film is a \u201ccharacter-driven story, a drama with this giant action film around it. And that to me was what a Top Gun movie is.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/top-gun.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Tom Cruise played Pete &quot;Maverick&quot; Mitchell in the 1986 film.\" class=\"wp-image-22460505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/top-gun.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/top-gun.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/top-gun.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Tom Cruise played Pete \u201cMaverick\u201d Mitchell in the 1986 film.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Paramount\/Courtesy Everett<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In its first three days in North American theaters, the long-in-the-works sequel earned an\u00a0estimated $124 million in ticket sales, Paramount Pictures said Sunday. Including international showings, its worldwide total is $248 million.<\/p>\n<p>The build-up has been just as flashy, with fighter-jet-adorned premieres on an\u00a0aircraft carrier in San Diego\u00a0and at the\u00a0Cannes Film Festival, where <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/05\/19\/tom-cruise-given-honorary-palme-dor-at-cannes-film-festival\/\">Cruise was also given an honorary Palme d\u2019Or<\/a>, and a\u00a0royal premiere in London\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/05\/20\/tom-cruise-helps-kate-middleton-up-the-stairs-at-top-gun-premiere\/\">attended by Prince William and his wife Kate<\/a>.\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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