Deets inside. Tom Cruise was not permitted to fly fighter planes in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’

Top Gun: Maverick, the highly awaited film starring Tom Cruise, was released in theatres worldwide on May 27.

Crusie, 59, who played Captain Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell in the sequel to 1986’s blockbuster Top Gun, has once again wowed audiences with his charisma on the big screen.

However, the US Navy reportedly prohibited the Mission: Impossible star from operating the F-18 Super Hornet.

According to the newest rumours, the US Navy agreed to let the Top Gun: Maverick studio utilise F/A-18 Super Hornets for more than $11,000 per hour for the next picture, but Cruise and his co-stars were not permitted to touch the jets’ controls.

The Edge of Tomorrow star, who is known for his own stunts, wanted all of the actors playing pilots in the film to fly in one of the fighter planes so they could comprehend what it’s like to control an aircraft under the pressure of enormous gravitational forces.

Cruise, who flew a jet in the original Top Gun, was able to participate in several missions for the new film, but the Pentagon prohibits non-military personnel from controlling Defense Department equipment other than small arms in training scenarios, according to Pentagon entertainment media office chief Glen Roberts.

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