Tom Cruise Didn't Want To Do 'Top Gun: Maverick': Director Reveals
Tom Cruise made headlines with his recent release Top Gun: Maverick
however, the film's directors revealed that the Hollywood A-lister did not
want to do the project.
During his conversation with Polygon, Joseph Kosinski shared that he was only given 30 minutes to convince Cruise of the project.
The 48-year-old filmmaker also shared that he had to fly to Paris, where Cruise was filming Mission: Impossible.
“And basically I had 30 minutes to release this movie, which I didn't realize when we were flying. But when I got there, I found out that Tom really didn't want to do another Top Gun,” he said.
“It's one of those moments as a director, you have one in every movie, where you're in the spot to argue why this movie should be made. I had 30 minutes to do it,” he added.
"And at the end of the presentation, he picked up the phone, called the head of Paramount Pictures and said, 'We're doing another Top Gun.'
"It's quite impressive to see the power of a true movie star at that moment," recalled the filmmaker.
