However, star Tom Cruise, executive producer Jerry Bruckheimer and executives at Paramount Pictures and Skydance Media were reportedly so impressed with Powell that he was still cast in the sequel as Bob, one of the movie’s many flight trainees.
Scream Queens’ Glenn Powell auditioned to play Lieutenant Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw, son of the late Nick “Goose” Bradshaw, in Top Gun: Maverick, but Miles Teller ultimately snagged the role.
And with a little under five months to go until Maverick finally takes to the skies, Powell is already certain that a scene involving him and his classmates playing a football game will become a source for gifs.