Time seems to have no effect on Tom Cruise. At the age of 62, the actor continues to impress fans from film to film, offering new and more impressive stunts for the release of the latest episodes of the Mission Impossible saga or the global hit Top Gun: Maverick.
As for his last appearance at the closing ceremony of the Paris Games, when he descended live from the roof of the Stade de France to join the athletes, who became mere fans again in a suspended moment.
Tonight, W9 is re-airing the movie that launched the actor’s career, Top Gun, and to do so, we invite you to play with some movie posters from his filmography. Do you think you can identify them with simple details? Before you know it, here are some filming secrets about Tony Scott’s film.
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Released for around $15 million, Top Gun was a huge hit worldwide, grossing over $350 million, a record for 1986.
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The list of actors who were considered for the role of Maverick (City is probably bigger than it actually was) includes almost a generation of actors with a more or less happy fate: Patrick Swayze, Emilio Estevez, Nicolas Cage, John Cusack. , Matthew Broderick, Matthew Modine, Sean Penn, Michael J. Fox, Tom Hanks, Jim Carrey, Rob Lowe, Eric Stoltz, John Travolta, Scott Baio, Robert Downey Jr. or Charlie Sheen. From the director’s side, the film will be offered to John Carpenter and David Cronenberg.
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Composed by Giorgio Moroder (to whom we also owe the soundtracks of Midnight Express, Scarface and Flashdance) and performed by the band Berlin, the anguished love song from the film was a real hit around the world (number 1, among others, in the US on a billboard). In terms of awards, it won a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1986.
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