Top Gun: Maverick truly was an important movie for audiences. It crossed a huge box office milestone during the pandemic era when people were easing back into movie theaters and wouldn’t stop making box office money. The Top Gun sequel also made an impact on the film’s main actors like Lewis Pullman, who gets real on being cast in an insane big-budget film and having Tom Cruise as a mentor.
Salem’s Lot Lewis Pullman was cast in Top Gun: Maverick as naval flight officer Bob Floyd. As Pullman’s previous film projects didn’t come close to the action-drama's reported $170–177 million budget, he spoke to Vanity Fair about what that experience was like.
