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Tom Cruise Breaks Silence on ‘Top Gun’ Costar Val Kilmer’s Death


Tom Cruise spoke out after the death of Val Kilmer, whom he starred with in the 1986 blockbuster film ‘Top Gun’

Cruise and Kilmer famously portrayed rival fighter pilots Pete “Maverick” Mitchell and Tom “Iceman” Kazansky in the 1986 blockbuster film Top Gun. Val Kilmer and Tom Cruise in ‘Top Gun’Paramount/Courtesy Everett CollectionCruise added that while filming the scene where Maverick sought advice from his former rival turned wingman, he felt like “you’re just looking at Iceman.” “My main joy was the camaraderie of the cast, [producers] Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, along with the incredible, unflappable enthusiasm of Tony Scott and Tom Cruise,” Kilmer told People.

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