Top Gun: Maverick's director convinced Tom Cruise to make the film in 30 minutes

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Joseph Kosinski had half an hour to convince Tom Cruise to make Top Gun: Maverick. The 48-year-old director has helmed the long-awaited sequel to Top Gun and revealed how he had to pitch the plot to Tom in Paris in a bid to get the project off the ground. Joseph told Polygon: 'So I read the script, I had some...

Cast member Tom Cruise waves as he arrives at the global premiere for the film Top Gun: Maverick on the USS Midway Museum in San Diego, California, US, on May 4, 2022.The 48-year-old director has helmed the long-awaited sequel to Top Gun and revealed how he had to pitch the plot to Tom in Paris in a bid to get the project off the ground.

"So we flew to Paris, where Tom was shooting Mission: Impossible, we got about a half hour of his time between setups. And I basically had 30 minutes to pitch this film, which I didn't realise when we were flying over. But when I got there, I found that Tom really didn't want to make another Top Gun."

"And at the end of the pitch, he picked up the phone, he called the head of Paramount Pictures and said, 'We're making another Top Gun.' It's pretty impressive to see the power of a real movie star in that moment."

 

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