Ua ʻōlelo ka mea hana 60 makahiki iā Kevin Frazier o ET, "He hana maikaʻi wau. Ke kani nei au me he mea lā ua holo au e ka hui hui sima, [akā] ʻoluʻolu wau. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o kekahi mau lā ma mua o nā lā ʻē aʻe, akā ke hoʻomaikaʻi nui nei au, no laila, ʻae, e hana wau a hiki i koʻu 150 mau makahiki. Makemake au e pāʻani i ke kanaka kahiko loa ma ka Honua.
No laila he aha ke aloha aloha o Maverick - hoʻokani ʻo Charlie e Kelly McGillis - ma ka Top Gun? ʻAʻole nō hoʻi i noi ʻia ʻo ia e hana i ka sequel.
Ua pane aku ʻo McGillis i kēlā me ka ʻōlelo ʻana ʻaʻole ʻo ia i kūpono i ke ʻano no ka makemake aloha i kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni blockbuster Hollywood. “Ua ʻelemakule au, a ua momona au, a ke nānā aku nei au i ka makahiki kūpono no koʻu mau makahiki [62]. A ʻaʻole ʻo ia ke ʻano o kēlā hiʻohiʻona holoʻokoʻa, "wahi āna.
No laila ua hele ʻo Jennifer Connelly (48 makahiki) e pani iā McGillis. He 14 mau makahiki ʻōpio ʻo Connelly ma mua o McGillis a ʻo 9 mau makahiki ʻōpio ma mua o Cruise. Akā ʻaʻole manaʻo ʻino ʻo McGillis iā Connelly, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana he "hauʻoli ʻo ia iā ia."
ʻO Tom "Viper" Skerritt, ʻo ia i kēia lā he 3 mau makahiki hilahila o 90, he kumu maikaʻi ʻo ia no ka hōʻike ʻole ʻana ma ke ʻano he mea kākoʻo, no ka mea, ua hauʻoli kona ʻano i kēia manawa.
No laila e hoʻopaʻa i kou mau maka. He mau mahina hou aʻe ma mua o ka hoʻi ʻana mai o ka Top Gun F-18 i ka lewa kiʻiʻoniʻoni!