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Val Kilmer's touching bond with Tom Cruise after pair reunited 36 years since first starring together in 1986's Top Gun in emotional moment


Val Kilmer was thrilled for the opportunity to reprise his role as Iceman in Top Gun: Maverick in 2022 as he reunited in an emotional moment with his co-star Tom Cruise.

Speaking in his Amazon Prime documentary in 2021, Val admitted: 'I would purposely play up the rivalry between Tom's character and mine, and what ended up happening is true method fashion.' Movie magic happened when Maverick and Iceman meet and the latter communicates via typed words on a screen as the character has throat cancer like Val's real life diagnosis The actor previously admitted in a 2013 interview that he had not been approached about appearing in a proposed Top Gun sequel so Tom reportedly rallied the troops to ensure his buddy was included.

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