He back Tom Cruise has found a familiar wingman for Top Gun 2. Val Kilmer is set to return as Maverick’s (Cruise) former rival Iceman in Top Gun: Maverick, EW has confirmed. In the original 1986 film, Kilmer starred as Tom Kazanasky (code name: Iceman), a fellow Navy pilot who clashes with Cruise’s Pete Mitchell. But by the end of Top Gun, the duo has developed a mutual respect for each other. Cruise teased the beginning of productionon director Joseph Kosinski’s sequel by sharing of a photo of himself back in uniform. Kilmer, who has battled throat cancer in recent years, previously announced a Top Gun return in 2015, before admitting hours later that he had “jumped the gun.” The Wrap first reported the news.
Cruise says it is all real. "Everything you see in this film is very real," said Cruise of the film's airborne scenes and stunts..."