
Is 'Top Gun' based on a true story? How real-life Navy pilots influenced the movies
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In both the "Top Gun" and "Top Gun: Maverick" films, star Tom Cruise offers a fairly accurate representation of what life is life as a military pilot.
Tom Cruise played Maverick in the 1986 movie "Top Gun." (CBS via Getty Images) Nick "Goose" Bradshaw, played by Anthony Edwards and Pete "Maverick" Mitchell played by Tom Cruise in the original "Top Gun." (CBS via Getty Images) Charlotte 'Charlie' Blackwood, played by Kelly McGillis was Mavericks love interest in the original "Top Gun." (CBS via Getty Images) Ashlyn Messier is a writer for Fox News Digital.
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