Top Gun creators recall the unsual ways they used to get Tom Cruise to sign movie

Updated On: 20 May, 2026 03:27 PM IST | Washington DC | ANI

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer and screenwriter Jack Epps Jr. recently recalled the unusual way actor Tom Cruise was convinced to star in the 1986 blockbuster Top Gun. Epps revealed that Cruise was always the first choice to play the lead character in the action drama directed by Tony Scott

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Producer Jerry Bruckheimer and screenwriter Jack Epps Jr. have recalled the unusual way actor Tom Cruise was convinced to star in the 1986 blockbuster 'Top Gun', according to People.

In an interview, Epps revealed that Cruise was always the first choice to play Lieutenant Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in the action drama directed by Tony Scott.