12 Facts You (Probably) Didn’t Know About Top Gun
Top Gun was one of the biggest movies of the 1980s, igniting the career of several actors such as Tom Cruise, Anthony Edwards and Val Kilmer.
The soundtrack of this movie is also something that we all remember.
The Californian band, Berlin, did an awesome job with their song Take My Breath Away.
Let’s go back to the 80s with these 12 facts you probably didn’t know about Top Gun:
Anthony Edwards (who played Goose) was the only actor who didn’t throw up
Filming the pilot scenes involved flying around in actual VF-114 Aardvarks and VF-213 Black Lions.
The fighter jets were flown by military pilots who made sure the actors were given the real-life experience.
The actors obviously threw up until they got used to the situation.
It’s rumored that Anthony Edwards (Goose) was the only actor who didn’t throw up while filming Top Gun.
During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel, Tom Cruise told his vomit story in detail. “Anyway, we did all the training, and then came the day that we’ve got to fly. We set up the cameras, and it wasn’t like today. It was really challenging—quite brilliant of Tony Scott, how he figured out how to do it. But the guy who flew me in the first flight, his name was Bozo. The pilot’s name was Bozo! So, I’m strapping in, we’re getting in there, and you just see the helmet go on that says ‘Bozo.’ I’m like, ‘Bozo?’” As Bozo was going through the check sheet, Cruise noticed the emergency lights were on, “And we were about to take off!” he recalled. “I remember saying, ‘Bozo, these lights…There’s a lot of red lights.’ He’s like, ‘Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.’ He starts turning them off. I’m like, ‘OK.’ He’s like, ‘They don’t call me Bozo for nothing.’”
