The 1986 action flick "Top Gun" boosted Tom Cruise's career and made him a bankable action star. Now, nearly thirty years later, there are still rumors of a sequel, with a supposed plot draft being written by Justin Marks, as reported by Collider. The film hasn't been green lit at this point but Cruise has already commented on the project.
In an interview with ExtraTV, Cruise reiterated that he and producer Jerry Bruckheimer, who also worked on the first film, have not yet set their eyes on doing "Top Gun 2." He did state that if they could work it out and come up with a good story, then he would be on board and that it would be "fun to do."
There is one aspect that Cruise feels strongly about: if he were going to go back and do another "Top Gun" film, then they should avoid using CGI jets and instead go back to practical effects as they did for the original film.
"But we've got to do all the jets practical. No CGI on the jets," he explained. "I remember when I did the first one, I said 'Look, in my contract I had to have three flights in the F-14.' And it had to be in the film, a shot from that. So we had to film it. And luckily they wanted me bad enough to do it, so I was able to do that. I'm saying right now – no CGI on the jets. If we can figure all that out, and the Department of Defense will allow us to do it, that would be fun."
As reported by Screen Rant, going back to practical effects is a choice that delights many film fans. CGI or computer generated imagery have gone a long way in recent years, to the point where they look very real, but audiences still feel a stronger impact with practical effects because they can see that what's going on onscreen is real and the actors are really interacting with something.
