Top Gun: Maverick Cast – Meet the Pilots and Their Onscreen Personalities

The cast and writers of "Top Gun: Maverick" revealed what they learned about jets and pilots due to their experiences working with Navy pilots for the film. Here is everything you need to know about the code names used in Top Gun: Maverick, and which pilots they are assigned to. L-R: Monica Barbaro as Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix'. In the world of Top Gun: Maverick’s high flying intrigue, Monica Barbaro takes on the role of Natasha Trace, a Top Gun pilot with the callsign of “Phoenix.” Aside from Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer is one of the only original "Top Gun" cast members to reprise their role in the sequel. Kilmer famously played Iceman, a fighter pilot at. Tom Cruise is back as Maverick in Top Gun: Maverick, but meet the rest of the cast and who they are playing in this long awaited sequel.

Along with the showcase pilot roles of Miles Teller's Rooster and Glen Powell's Hangman, Tom Cruise 's Pete "Maverick" Mitchell trains two Black pilots and the two films' first. Read on to learn about the talented cast of Top Gun trainees and some of the other new faces in Top Gun: Maverick, which is in theaters Friday, May 27. Miles Teller as Lieutenant... The real pilots in Top Gun Maverick were a group of elite Navy aviators known as the “The Blue Angels.” These highly skilled pilots were brought in to provide authentic flight. Cruise lights up the screen alongside folks like Jennifer Connelly, as well as an ultratalented cast of new pilots. That includes Monica Barbaro, Jay Ellis, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Greg...