In "Top Gun: Maverick," the bar scene at the Hard Deck stands out as one of the film's most deliberate callbacks to the original 1986 classic, yet it does more than simply play on nostalgia.

Another lawsuit centered on the Oscar-nominated script for Top Gun ... Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) breaks a speed record while piloting a prototype fighter jet; a training exercise ...

“Top Gun: Maverick,” which was released in 2022, marked Cruise’s first return to the role of Pete “Maverick” Mitchell since the original “Top Gun” in 1986. While the sequel saw ...

1986's "Top Gun." Kilmer starred as Lieutenant Tom Kazansky, whose call sign was Iceman, in the classic Tom Cruise film. In one scene, it's explained to Cruise's Pete "Maverick" Mitchell that ...

Val Kilmer never wanted to be in “Top Gun,” but had little say in the matter ... on-screen beef between Kazansky and Cruise’s Lt. Pete “Maverick” Mitchell continued off-screen when ...

Cruise previously reprised his role as Captain Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell in Top Gun: Maverick after originating the role in the original 1986 aviator film. The long-awaited sequel surpassed $1. ...

"You're just looking at Iceman," Cruise added of Kilmer's cameo in Top Gun: Maverick, which sees Cruise's character, Capt. Pete "Maverick ... cried while filming the scene.

Rear Adm. Kenneth W. “Pete” Pettigrew, a Top Gun instructor, served as a consultant on the 1986 film "Top Gun," a scene from which is shown here. (U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command ...

Cruise and Kilmer famously portrayed rival fighter pilots Pete “Maverick” Mitchell and Tom “Iceman” Kazansky in the 1986 blockbuster film Top Gun ... filming the scene where Maverick ...

Hard Deck scene in 'Top Gun: Maverick.' (Screengrab/Paramount Pictures via YouTube) In “Top Gun: Maverick,” the bar scene at the Hard Deck stands out as one of the film’s most deliberate ...