Tom Cruiseis a true maverick on — and off — set.
In a new interview, actor Glen Powell opened up about his upcoming movie, the highly anticipatedTop Gunsequel,Top Gun: Maverick,and raved about his costar.
“Tom’s as great as people think he is,” Powell, 31, tells PEOPLE atLevi’s XX Chino launch eventat Levi’s Haus Miami. “He’s as nice, he’s as hardworking, he’s as generous, he’s as available. He’s the man.”
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The film takes place more than 30 years after the originalTop Gunhit theaters in 1986 and follows Cruise’s character, Lt. Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, as he gives additional training to graduate fighter pilots for the Navy.
“The movie is in really, really good shape,” Powell said of the sequel, which is set to hit theaters on June 26. “I have never felt more confident about people being so pleased with what we’ve put out in this movie. I know there’s a lot of expectation on it, but obviously pressure’s a privilege, and I think we did it.”
Glen Powell inTop Gun: Maverick.Courtesy Paramount Pictures, Skydance and Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Joining Powell as pilots areMiles Teller,Monica Barbaro,Jay Ellis,Lewis PullmanandDanny Ramirez, who allgot proper training from Cruise, 57.
The film’s director, Joseph Kosinski, spoke toEntertainment Weeklyin his first interview about the film, saying all the actors involved had to train tofly F-18 Super Hornets and experience 1,600 pounds of force.
“The experience is thrilling, but very physically grueling,” Kosinski said. “The maneuvers that we were putting them through to tell this story are not something that you can just jump in and do. They all had to go through months of aerial training.”
Kosinski continued, “We put them through a training course that Tom actually designed himself. He’s a licensed aerobatic pilot, and he was thrown into the deep end when he did the firstTop Gunwithout any training. So he knew that they would need to kind of work up to that level.”
Powell’s costar, Teller, was also at the event on Wednesday, which celebratedLevi’s new XX Chino launch, thebrand’s firstmen’s chino platform. The new collection gives the classic pant a youthful update with three contemporary fits (Standard Taper, Slim Taper and Straight Cropped) available in cool colors like pink and jade blue, alongside the classic black, olive green, and navy.
Glen Powell, Miles Teller and Alexander Ludwig.Levi’s
“I think they do it so right. As a guy, there’s nothing cooler,” Powell says of the iconic denim brand, which he’s had a long affinity for wearing. “The best part is that growing up in Texas, anything that’s not practical, I don’t wear. I’ve always felt like, as a guy, the more worn things are, the more lived in they are, the cooler they are, and I think Levi’s, they just get better with time.”
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In addition toTop Gun: Maverick,Powell is set to star in in another new film,Most Dangerous Game, with hisSet It Upcostar, Zoey Deutch.
“It’s sort of a pseudo sequel toSet It Up,”he explains. “It’s something that I’m crazy-passionate about. I think it’s going to be one of the things I’m most proud of in my entire career, so I’m really, really pumped about it.”
Top Gun: Maverickis set for a June 26, 2020 release.
source: people.com
