Is Kelly McGillis in Top Gun: Maverick?
SHE was once one of Hollywood’s most desirable leading ladies after starring opposite Tom Cruise in Top Gun.
The 64-year-old played Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell’s flight instructor and love interest, Charlie Blackwood, in the original 1986 movie – but will she be in the sequel?
Is Kelly McGillis is Top Gun 2?
Kelly’s talent ensured she still managed to bag leading roles in Witness, starring as an Amish widow alongside Harrison Ford, and Top Gun, which made her a household name.
However, the actress is NOT in Top Gun 2.
Kelly reckons she’s been turned down for starring roles in recent years because she refuses to have plastic surgery or dye her now-grey hair back to its infamous blonde.
She told Entertainment Tonight: “For a long, long time, I really tried to be something I’m not — and I have to say it ruined my life in a lot of ways.”
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But Top Gun director Joseph Kosinski said the reason she isn’t in the sequel is down to him wanting to move the story along with new characters – and Kelly claims she’s happy with that.
“I’m old, and I’m fat,” she said. “And I look age-appropriate for what my age is. And that is not what that whole scene is about.
“I’d much rather feel absolutely secure in my skin and my age than place any value in all that other stuff.”
What has Kelly McGillis done since Top Gun?
Mum-of-two Kelly took a big step back from Hollywood at the height of her fame.
She ditched her trademark blonde locks and swapped a glamorous wardrobe for casual baggy trousers and T-shirts.
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She has endured more than her fair share of heartache, including two disastrous marriages before coming out as gay in 2010.
Kelly turned to alcohol to numb the pain, which would eventually see her check into rehab and overcome her addictions.
After the New York attack, Kelly struggled to eat or sleep and “twitched incessantly”, eventually turning to alcohol to numb the pain.
She admitted she would wake up after a big night out not knowing where — or with whom — she had been.
Who is in the cast of Top Gun: Maverick?
Top Gun 2 brings with it some of the original cast from the 1986 film, as well as some new faces.
The top billed line-up features:
- Tom Cruise as Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, a test pilot and flight instructor.
- Miles Teller as Lieutenant Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw, a pilot in the mission training group, and the son of Maverick’s late RIO and best friend, Nick “Goose” Bradshaw.
- Jennifer Connelly as Penelope “Penny” Benjamin, Maverick’s new love interest, who is a single mother, a bar owner, and the daughter of a former admiral.
- Jon Hamm as Vice Admiral Beau “Cyclone” Simpson.
- Glen Powell as Lieutenant Jake “Hangman” Seresin, mission pilot trainee.
- Lewis Pullman as Lieutenant Robert “Bob” Floyd, Phoenix’s WSO.
- Ed Harris as Rear Admiral Chester “Hammer” Cain, Maverick’s superior.
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- Val Kilmer as 4-star Admiral Tom “Iceman” Kazansky, a fellow instructor and friend/former rival of Maverick, and the commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.
- Monica Barbaro as Lieutenant Natasha “Phoenix” Trace, mission pilot trainee.