How ‘Top Gun’ casting director fought to hire Tom Cruise, Anthony Edwards, Val Kilmer in iconic roles:
by GoldDerby
How ‘Top Gun’ casting director fought to hire Tom Cruise, Anthony Edwards, Val Kilmer in iconic roles:
by GoldDerby
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Can’t imagine anyone else in that role honestly. Tom Cruise was born to play Maverick. Crazy someone had to fight for that.
> Initially, Maverick’s love interest was written to be a gymnast or aerobics instructor before the real-life civilian instructor Christine Fox inspired Simpson and Bruckheimer to integrate Charlie into the world of Miramar.
> “Somebody kept pushing this actress who was much younger, saying, ‘She’s perfect,’” Simkin remembers. “And I’m going, ‘She’s totally wrong and she’s too young.’ And he’s like, ‘What are you talking about?’ It was days and weeks of this. Finally, there was a moment where he said, ‘Why can’t she be a gymnast?’ And I said, ‘A what?’”
“Why can’t she be a gymnast?” LOL fucking what?
Humm…Tom Cruise of *Risky Business* fame, Anthony Edwards of *It Takes Two*, and Val Kilmer of *Top Secret!*
I just don’t see it. It’ll be a flop.
Call Mickey Rourke, Judge Reinhold, and Eric Roberts.