This is how Anthony Edwards assesses Goose, the sequel to ‘Top Gun’

When we ask ourselves what has become of the cast of ‘Top Gun’ three decades later, we are reminded of Anthony Edwards, one of the cast members of that 80s hit. Now, thirty-six years later, the sequel has hit theaters but he, for obvious reasons of the fate of his character, does not appear. That does not mean that he became one of the first fans of the second part.

The 59-year-old Golden Globe winner Edwards gave his stamp of approval to ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ after seeing an early screening with the lead, Tom Cruise, which he discussed on his way through the New York Film Festival. Tribeca. “If you make the first movie, you’re already too luckyEdwards told ET.I was lucky that Tom called me. He screened it for me in person“. The actor pointed out that his son Bailey, 28, accompanied him at that first screening of the film in New York City. After seeing it, he had nothing but praise for the film that is close to the top of the list of the 10 highest grossing films of Tom Cruise.

“Cruise’s eternal youth opens a gap between the new Top Gun and other rescue operations of eighties film milestones,” said Manu Yáñez in his review of ‘Top Gun: Maverick’.

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In Tony Scott’s 1980s production, Edwards played Lieutenant Nick “Goose” Bradshaw, the best friend of Lieutenant Pete “Maverick” Mitchell. And while the character tragically passed away in the first film, he lives on in the sequel through the character of his now-grown son, Lt. Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw, played by Miles Teller. The fact of not appearing in this new story has not dampened his enthusiasm.

“It’s the biggest movie I’ve ever been in that I never had to show up for a day at work, so that was fun,” he says as Tom Cruise tops Marvel at the box office with “Top Gun: Maverick.”

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The actor also praised the sequel for living up to its predecessor. “When something is so successful, people have a certain approach in the original“, said. “And ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ does the exact same thing the first time you see it, only moreEdwards explained.As I told Tom, ‘mission accomplished’. They made it. They really did. He put in a lot of work. And he had that feel, he had the tone, he had what people wanted.“.

Maverick has many parallels with Tom Cruise. In the sequel we see the main character still flying as one of the best aviators in the Navy, dodging a rise in rank that would keep him grounded. However, he is assigned another mission: to train a new pool of fighter pilots for his life’s mission, a job that will pit him against ghosts from his past.

Edwards continued to develop his career in all these years. The actor had appeared a couple of years earlier in the crazy comedy ‘The Revenge of the Rookies’. Titles such as ‘The Client’ or ‘Zodiac’ enter his resume. Lately he has been seen in series like ‘Who is Anna?’, but, if there is another job for which Edwards is remembered apart from the Goose from ‘Top Gun’, it is for having played Doctor Mark Greene in ‘ER’ during the first eight seasons of the series.

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And while the film continues to sweep the box office, we prepare for its arrival home by reviewing when and where ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ can be seen streaming.

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