After “jumping the gun,” Kilmer had to edit a Facebook post about joining ‘Top Gun 2’
[dropcap size=small]I[/dropcap]n the 1986 showing of Top Gun, Val Kilmer played as Lieutenant Tom “Iceman” Kasanski, Tom “Maverick” Cruise’s counterpart. There’s speculation about a sequel being made for years.
“I just got offered #topgun2 — not often you get to say ‘yes’ without reading the script…”, he wrote on his Facebook page on Tuesday.
Kilmer also said that the movie would also feature Gene Hackman and the director would be Francis Ford Coppola. Kilmer posted a status, saying “Francis Coppola and Gene Jackman are examples of what an actor says “yes” to. They are not involved. So sorry for the misunderstanding.”
The original director, Tony Scott, committed suicide back in 2012.
Admitting that he was high-strung over his impulsive post, Kilmer later edited the original post, saying “This is a long way off so calm down. This has been talked about for a long long time and being offered a role is very different from doing a role.”
“I jumped the gun with my post. I jumped the topgun … An innocent mistake. It was just such a wonderful phone call with my agent …”
Earlier this year, there was a report that included a script that was written specifically for Maverick.
“It is very much a world we live in today where it’s drone technology and fifth generation fighters.” said Chief Executive of Sundance Production David Ellison
This is one of those mistakes that everyone would make if they were in Kilmer’s position. Besides, who wouldn’t get excited about something like this? It’s about time they tried a sequel, since this is the generations of reboots and sequels of original productions that were released at least a decade ago.
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