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Tom Cruise and Jennifer Connelly recreate iconic Top Gun moment in Top Gun: Maverick set photo

November 4, 2018 by Amie Cranswick

As filming continues on the long-awaited Top Gun: Maverick, the latest set photos from the sequel to the 1986 action classic show Tom Cruise and Jennifer Connelly recreating the famous motorcycle scene from the original film, with a Kawasaki Ninja H2 standing in for the GPZ900R and Connelly’s single mother character replacing Kelly McGillis’ Charlie Blackwood; check out the new set photo on Twitter…

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Tom Cruise & Jennifer Connelly TOP GUN 2 https://t.co/s4Q2IDYJxa pic.twitter.com/JJjdpOvM98

— cinelander (@cinelander) November 2, 2018

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Top Gun: Maverick sees returning stars Tom Cruise (Maverick) and Val Kilmer (Iceman), joined in the cast by Jennifer Connolly (American Pastoral), Jon Hamm (Mad Men), Ed Harris (Westworld), Lewis Pullman (Bad Times at the El Royale), Glen Powell (Hidden Figures), Charles Parnell (Transformers: Age of Extinction), Bashir Salahuddin (Glow), Monica Barbaro (The Good Cop), Danny Ramirez (The Gifted), Manny Jacinto (The Good Place), Jay Ellis (Insecure), Kara Wang (Good Trouble), Jack Schumacher (Empire), Greg Tarzan Davis (Chicago P.D.), Jake Picking (Blockers), Raymond Lee (Mozart in the Jungle), Jean Louisa Kelly (Ant-Man) and Lyliana Wray (Strange Angel). It is set for release on June 26th 2020.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Jennifer Connelly, Tom Cruise, Top Gun, Top Gun: Maverick

About Amie Cranswick

Amie Cranswick is Executive Editor of Flickering Myth, responsible for overseeing editorial coverage across film, television and pop culture.

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