Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer will both appear in Top Gun: Maverick when it’s released next year, but the character of flight instructor Charlie Blackwood – played by Kelly McGillis – won’t feature.
One of the original stars of Top Gun has revealed they weren’t asked to return for the new sequel.
Top Gun: Maverick, directed by Oblivion’s Joseph Kosinski, is released 17 July 2020.
Cruise recently unveiled the trailer for the sequel that’s due to be released 34 years after the original was released.