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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Larry Ryan

What links Top Gun: Maverick to Dennis Rodman and The Outsiders?

Composite of images of Michael Jordan, Francis Ford Coppola, Tom Cruise, Anthony Edwards, Mickey Rourke and black and white cartoon rabbits going down holes in a red line

Wingman: anytime

With Top Gun: Maverick in cinemas and two Missions: Impossible in the works, it’s a busy time for Tom: Cruise. Jumping on from Tony Scott’s 1986 blockbuster, the sequel finds Maverick still writing cheques his body can’t cash: Cruise pilot is training Top Gun graduates. Among his charges is Miles Teller playing Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw, son of one Nick “Goose” Bradshaw.

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