Top Gun: Maverick
Summary
Top Gun : Maverickalmost cast a Marvel star to play Jon Hamm ’s character . With the first flick turn in 1986,theTop Gunfranchisefollows Pete " Maverick " Mitchell , a skilled airman who trains members of the United States Navy ’s Fighter Weapons School . After the immense success of the first movie , Top Gun : Maverickreleased in 2022 . Tom Cruise continue to play the main type , alongside a fresh cast that included Miles Teller , Glen Powell , and Jennifer Connelly .
In a late audience with Josh Horowitz on theHappy Sad Confusedpodcast ( viaCinemablend ) , the continuation ’s film director , Joseph Kosinski , revealed that Josh Brolin was originally in talk to join theTop Gun : Maverickcast .
Absolutely . Brolin was on my head . For me , you know , you always have to – you ca n’t put all your eggs in one basket – so for me it was Brolin and Hamm were the top two … Yeah , Josh would have done this function . We did really babble out about it , but he was having a baby literally the present moment we were going to start picture taking , so I screw it just was n’t a possible action . Brolin and Hamm , both bozo I ’d be thrilled to work with again .
Would Josh Brolin Have Fit Into the Top Gun Universe?
However , in 2007 , Brolin ’s career was give a boost after he star in the award - winning neo - western crime thrillerNo Country for Old Men . The movie once again highlighted Brolin ’s acquirement , and he went on to asterisk in a number of military action roles , appearing inMen in Black 3andDeadpool 2 . Most notably , he played the villain Thanos in bothAvengers : Infinity WarandAvengers : Endgame . Brolin will next come along in the extremely anticipatedDune 2and also repeat his theatrical role as Royal Abbott inOuter Rangeseason 2 .
Brolin ’s panoptic filmography , which includes both protagonist and antagonist roles in activity flicks and thriller , powerfully suggests he would have had no job excelling as Cyclone , the main villain inTop Gun : Maverick . It remains to be seen if the prize - gain ground actor could eventually be part of theTop Gun 3cast , as Kosinski pointed out that he would be thrilled to work with him once again .
As of January 2024,Top Gun 3is reportedly in development , with Tom Cruise returning as Pete Mitchell .
reference : Happy Sad Confused(viaCinemablend )
