TIL Desk Hollywood/ Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise is back as Pete “Maverick” Mitchell after 34 years in “Top Gun: Maverick”, and the anticipated film’s first sneak peek shows him soaring high in the sky. Cruise made a surprise appearance at San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday to launch the first trailer of the long-awaited sequel, calling it “a love letter to aviation”.
“I was always asked When are you going to do another one?’ Well, you’ve been very patient with me. I felt like it was my responsibility to really deliver for you,” Cruise is seen saying at the event in a video, which has gone viral on the Internet.
“I really wanted to give you all an experience of what it is to be inside that aircraft. It’s a love letter to aviation,” the 57-year-old said, adding that for him “Top Gun” is about competition, sacrifice, family, heroism and aviation”.
