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It happened when he slid sock-footed and pants-free to the sound of Bob Seger inRisky Business.
Thats when Americans fell in love.
Cruises own personal image, especially in recent years, has been built around these traits, too.
All of that Cruiseyness runs deep in the veins ofTop Gun: Maverick, the sequel to 1986sTop Gun.
(I said many, not every.
There are no reminders ofThe MummyinTop Gun: Maverick, and I am grateful for it.)
Note: This is the part where a lot ofTop Gun: Maverickspoilers will start to appear.
TopGun:Maverickis basically justTopGunagain.
Maverick, naturally, makes sure to reserve some time for shirtless athletics.
InTop Gun: Maverick, even the smallest details provide an opportunity for another callback.
But theres even more mystery surrounding the military exercise that the young pilots are training for inMaverick.
The country where its supposed to happen is never named.
As inTop Gun, the identities of the enemy pilots are completely hidden behind very dark helmets.
This is all good for global box-office prospects, of course.
Actually the real enemy in bothTop Gunmovies isnt a non-American country.
Its anyone who stands in Tom Cruises way.
That is why hes called … Maverick.
Top Gun: Maverickis aMission: Impossiblemovie.
One could very accurately say this mission sounds … impossible?
is also a mantra for Maverick in bothTop Guns.
One could say the same about other Cruise characters, who are nearly all risk-takers.
In short, Joel fromRisky Businesssaid What the fuck?
and walked so that Maverick, inTop GunandTop Gun: Maverick, could say What the fuck?
and fly a plane into the stratosphere.
He has come across the same way in interviews and media coverage.
InTop Gun: Maverick, another character points out that Pete doesnt really have any ties.
He never married; he has no kids.
His life is his work.
Thats who Tom Cruise is to us now, too.
For many, thatisall we care to know.
He almost never does love scenes anymore.
Which is perfect, somehow.
