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. The ...

Kilmer told USA TODAY in 2022 that he was "very moved" the first time he saw the scene in "Top Gun: Maverick." "It is nice to see Iceman reach such success in the career he loved," he said.

Kilmer played rival Iceman to Cruise's fighter pilot Maverick in "Top Gun" in 1986. The actors reprised their iconic roles decades later in an emotional scene in 2022's "Top Gun: Maverick." ...

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 ...

Following the summer 2022 release of “Top Gun: Maverick,” Cruise and Kilmer both spoke about how moving it was to work together again, especially amid Kilmer’s health struggles.