In 1986, the movie Top Gun became a true triumph of the 7th art, revealing to the general public the actor Tom Cruise, sexy brunette by the name of Pete Maverick Mitchell in the film directed by Tony Scott. Star of the second opus, Top Gun: Maverick released on May 25, 2022 in France, Tom Cruise has not changed much for 36 years, the year of the first Top Gun. Father of Isabella (born in 1992) and Connor (born in 1995) – adopted during his marriage to Nicole Kidman from 1990 to 2001 – the actor is also father of Suri (born in 2006, fruit of his love with Katie Holmes to whom he was married from 2006 to 2012). Actor and director, he is known to be a very committed militant spokesperson for Scientology, which he entered thanks to (or because of?) his first wife Mimi Rogers.
On his side, Kelly McGillis (Charlotte Blackwood or Charlie in Top Gun) was also revealed thanks to this film and then starred in the film Witness for which she was also nominated for the Golden Globes. She also played Jodie Foster’s lawyer in the film. The accused. On the private side, she has two daughters, Kelsey and Sonora, the fruit of her marriage to Fed Tillman, to whom she was married from 1989 to 2002. In 2009, she revealed her homosexuality during an interview on SheWired.com.
After the film Top Gunthe actor Anthony Edwards played the mythical doctor Mark Greene, head of interns then doctor in charge of the emergency department in the series of the same name. Darling of Meg Ryan between 1986 and 1987, the one who played Nick Goose Bradshaw in Top was married from 1994 to 2015 to Jeanine Lobell and has since married Mare Winningham.
The iconic Meg Ryan adopted a baby girl in China, Daisy True, in January 2006 and then gave birth to a boy, Jack, from her first marriage to Dennis Quaid. After a prolific film career, she has now devoted herself almost exclusively to the education of her two children since 2008. On the private side, she had a complicated relationship with John Mellencamp for many years before ending their engagement on the 31 October 2019.
Val Kilmer (Iceman) was diagnosed with throat cancer from which he recently recovered. The actor also reprized his role as Lieutenant Tom Kazansky in the sequel to Top Gun. He is the father of two children: Mercedes in 1991 and Jack, born of his love with Joanne Whalley.
Finally, Tom Skerritt (Viper) preferred to lead a tidy life after Top Gun since he lives peacefully between his house on Lake Washington in the suburbs of Seattle and a second home on Lopez Island in the San Juan Islands since 1988. He is the father of three children (fruits of his love with his first wife Charlotte) , of Colin (born of his love with Sue) but also of Emi (fruit of his love with Julie Tokashiki).