Val Kilmer, who plays Tom ‘Iceman’ Kazansky in Top Gun, says that during filming, lead actor Tom Cruise was “laser-focused” on making his character Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell the best action hero in the history of film.
Both Cruise and Kilmer are set to reunite in the Top Gun sequel, Top Gun: Maverick, where they will both reprise their roles from the original film.
In his new memoir, I’m Your Huckleberry, Kilmer writes of his experience on the set of the action film: “Tom refrained from our revelry, with good reason.
From day one, he was laser-focused on a singular goal: to become the greatest action hero in the history of film.”