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‘Top Gun’ Volleyball Scene Nearly Cost Tony Scott His Job: “They Were Really Angry”
TONY SCOTT'S 1986 TOP GUN, STARRING TOM CRUISE AND VAL KILMER, WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE FILMS GROWING UP. IT MADE ME AND MANY OTHERS WANT TO SERVE IN THE MILITARY.
PARAMOUNT AND THE TOP GUN TEAM PLAYED IT SAFE.
I BELIEVE IN THE BENEFITS OF RECYCLING, BUT AS A FILMMAKER, I HOPE WE CHALLENGE OURSELVES TO TELL MORE ORIGINAL AND COMPELLING STORIES.
SORRY MAV, YOU MISSED THE TARGET.
IN THE JUNE 4TH, 2022 HOLLYWOOD REPORTER ARTICLE WRITTEN BY TALENTED CAROLYN GIARDINA AND AARON COUCH WE LEARN THAT TONY SCOTT ALMOST GOT FIRED FOR THE VOLLEYBALL SCENE IN TOP GUN. HAPPY TO SUPPORT PARAMOUNT, MOVIE THEATERS, AND THE INNOVATIONS FROM THE JOSEPH KOSINSKI TEAM.
AS A DIRECTOR, WHAT I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO SEE IS AN ORIGINAL STORY FOCUSING MORE ON THE NEW CHARACTER - GOOSE'S SON, PLAYED BY MILES TELLER FROM THE MOVIE WHIPLASH AND HIS JOURNEY THROUGH TOP GUN IN THE SHADOW OF HIS FATHER.
DO YOU KNOW OF ANY SEQUELS THAT OUTPERFORMED THE ORIGINAL FILM?
(COUGH COUGH, THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK.)
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