If you like your lead men to err on the Hemsworth side of the “young and devastatingly handsome men” spectrum, look away now.
Because 51-year-old Scientologist Tom Cruise is about to start making Top Gun 2 — 28 years after the original action hit was released.
Top Gun producer Jerry Bruckheimer says the sequel is almost definitely happening, and has revealed Tom will be fighting drones in the new film.
“We’ve been trying to get that movie made for 30 years, and I think we’re getting closer and closer,” Bruckheimer said in an interview with The Huffington Post.
“Don (Simpson, fellow producer) and I tried to develop something, we didn’t succeed. Cruise took over, and he tried to develop something, and he didn’t succeed. Now we’re back at it,” he said.
He said the challenge is setting the sequel in a world that is far more modern.
“The concept is, basically, are the pilots obsolete because of drones?” Bruckheimer says.
“Cruise is going to show them that they’re not obsolete. They’re here to stay.”
The original Top Gun featured Cruise as a young US Navy pilot, Lieutenant Pete “Maverick” Mitchell.
Cruise famously went shirtless in the film to play a very sweaty match of volleyball (we wonder if they’ll repeat that 28 years later?).
The Vanilla Sky actor also hinted at the Empire film awards on Sunday that a sequel is being developed but there’s no news yet on when it will actually be filmed.
Tom split with Katie Holmes in 2012 after five-and-a-half years of marriage and has confessed since that Scientology played a role in his divorce.
He’s now rumoured to be dating Mad Men star and fellow Scientologist Elizabeth Moss, who plays Peggy Olson on the hit AMC show.
Take a look through the evolution of Tom Cruise below:
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Top Comments
So he aged he's older at least he's aged gracefully and at least don't look like Micky Rourke that man wasnt that bad in his day but wow look at him now.
I am pretty sure he has had work done, the difference is that he has a good plastic surgeon who hasn't taken things too far.
or Iceman (Val Kilmer) who I doubt would now fit in a cockpit
I bet the female lead won't be 51 years old!