Anthony Edwards at ‘Take Me Out’ Opening Night time in New York on April 4, 2022. Gregory Tempo/Shutterstock
Goose and Maverick without end! OG High Gun star Anthony Edwards revealed what he actually thought of High Gun: Maverick — and whether or not Tom Cruise ran something by him beforehand.
“Individuals had a sure feeling within the authentic one and that one [Top Gun: Maverick] does precisely what it felt like seeing it the primary time, solely extra so,” Edwards, 59, advised Leisure Tonight on Thursday, June 9, on the 2022 Tribeca Movie Competition. “As I mentioned to Tom, ‘Mission achieved.’ They did it.”
The California native, who performed Nick “Goose” Bradshaw within the 1986 movie alongside Cruise’s Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, added: “They actually did although. It’s lots of work that went into that. It had the texture, it had the tone, it had what individuals needed.”
Followers of the unique motion movie keep in mind Edwards’ playful character, who’s Maverick’s copilot in class, tragically dies throughout a coaching train when they’re pressured to desert the jet. Whereas Goose didn’t magically come again to life within the sequel, his reminiscence lived on in quite a lot of methods.
Along with pictures of Goose and Maverick’s flashbacks of their time collectively at High Gun coaching, the character’s son, Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw (Miles Teller), performs a serious function within the 2022 movie.
“It’s the largest film that I’m in that I by no means needed to present up for a day of labor, so it was enjoyable,” Edwards joked on Thursday.
In High Gun, Goose was married to Carole (Meg Ryan), however she was additionally lacking from the brand new film because it’s revealed she died off display screen. Maverick’s No. 1 competitor, nonetheless, Tom “Iceman” Kazansky (Val Kilmer), did make a cameo.
Within the newest movie, Maverick is named to coach a brand new group of the Navy’s prime pilots greater than 30 years after he graduated on the prime of his class from the elite academy. Among the new characters embody Natasha “Phoenix” Hint (Monica Barbaro), Jake “Hangman” Seresin (Glen Powell) and Mickey “Fanboy” Garcia (Danny Ramirez).
Edwards revealed that whereas he didn’t attend the world premiere for High Gun: Maverick, 59-year-old Cruise made certain he bought a particular preview of it.
“In the event you do the primary transfer, you’re fortunate sufficient,” the ER alum defined on Thursday, including, “I used to be fortunate sufficient that Tom known as me up. He screened it for me in particular person.”
He continued: “So, we really noticed it on the Dolby screening room right here in New York with one of the best sound ever, and there was simply, like, eight of us watching it. It was implausible.”
High Gun: Maverick is in theaters now.
