Among the many audiences who loved actor Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick is American writer-director Quentin Tarantino. He was gushing about the Tom Cruise sequel and had only good things to say about the actor and the film.
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Quentin Tarantino
The director revealed in an interview with the ReelBlend Podcast that he typically stays out of discussions about popular movies, but he couldn’t help but express his admiration for the Top Gun sequel.
The filmmaker of Pulp Fiction praised Tom Cruise‘s Top Gun: Maverick and expressed his appreciation for it.
“I f**king love Top Gun: Maverick,” he said.
“I thought it was fantastic. I saw it at the theaters… That and [Steven] Spielberg’s West Side Story both provided a true cinematic spectacle, the kind that I’d almost thought that I wasn’t going to see anymore. It was fantastic.”
Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick
Tony Scott, who directed the original Top Gun and also True Romance, has received unabashed admiration from Tarantino.
“There was just this lovely, lovely aspect because I love both Tony Scott’s cinema so much and I love Tony so much that that’s as close as we’re ever going to get to seeing one more Tony Scott movie,” Tarantino said.
Tarantino only had one small complaint about the emotional reunion scene between Cruise and Val Kilmer. “Almost too cheap, but it works… It absolutely delivers,” he said.
Tarantino wrote True Romance which was directed by Scott.
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Brad Pitt received multiple awards for Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, most notably the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. But it could have been another well-known actor playing Cliff Booth. During an interview on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, filmmaker Quentin Tarantino revealed that he once approached Tom Cruise to play Brad Pitt’s character.
Quentin Tarantino and Tom Cruise
“We talked about it,” Tarantino said of Cruise potentially taking the role. “He’s a great guy, and we really hit it off and it could happen on something else.”
Despite not casting Cruise for his movie, Tarantino said the two might still collaborate on a future project.
Top Gun: Maverick is now available on digital platforms.
Prantik Prabal Roy is a writer at Fandomwire. With an experience of over 4 years in content writing industry and a Master's degree in English literature, he continues to write about your favorite Hollywood celebs and keeps a close watch on their every move to provide intriguing perspectives for the readers. He likes reading, watching movies and traveling. When not working, you will find him obsessing over Leonardo DiCaprio and reading some books on space and sports.
