A near-planetary triumph, if anything, one of the biggest successes at the worldwide box office of 2022, Top Gun: Maverick marked the reunion of Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer. A moment of true and beautiful emotion. After 36 years from the top gun, the one who was once his rival Tom “Iceman” Kasantsky, then his friend, led, now became an admiral.
The sequence in question is certainly one of the film’s most beautiful moments. When Pete Mitchell and Tom “Iceman” Kazansky find themselves at the latter’s home, weakened by illness, the two men exchange a particularly intense and moving moment.
Especially since the fate of the character played by Kilmer in the continuation of Top Gun is confused with his own life: he also had to fight against cancer. In 2015, the actor was diagnosed with throat cancer.
After undergoing two tracheotomies – a procedure that involves making a hole in the trachea – he lost the use of his voice. For him, cinema was already ancient history. Even if the actor can speak, it is still very painful and requires a lot of effort.
Below is the scene…
From the real emotion on Cruz’s part when they filmed that famous scene, to tears, as he recently said Jimmy Kimmel Show set.
“It was very emotionally intense, I’ve known Val for decades. For him to come back and play that character again…he’s such a powerful actor that he instantly became that character again. You get the Iceman again.” Comments Cruz. who adds: “I cried, I became emotional. He is such a brilliant actor, I love his work.”
Far from cleverly calculated and purely cinematic, the emotional sequence is very moving indeed when we learn Kilmer’s obstacle course since his illness.
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