This has been a long time coming. #TopGun

We are cleared into the area. Verify cameras are on. Alright, here we go. 3, 2, 1. Here comes some G's. There's 5 G's. 7 G's. That was awesome. I wasn't ready to make a sequel until we had a special story, worthy of a sequel. And until technology evolved, so we could delve deeper into the experience of a fighter pilot. The first movie became something that changed a generation. So this is exciting to come back and get in those jets again. We worked with the Navy and the Top Gun school to formulate how to shoot it practically. Because if we're going to do it, we're going to fly in the F-18s. The aviation sequences had to be real. So our actors went through 3 months of grueling training. The Navy says if you eject, you have to be able to survive in the water. So we had to go through a challenging underwater program. It's intense. You're flipped inverted. And you're having to try and get out. From there, Tom designed this all-encompassing aviation training for all the actors. I started them out in a single-engine airplane to build up their spatial awareness inside the aircraft. Next, we took them to the L-39. And they went and flew aerobatics to feel what it's like in a jet. From there, they graduate to the F-18 Super Hornet. And actually launching off an aircraft carrier. The actors also had to learn how to run the cameras. Because when they're up in the jet, they have to direct themselves essentially. I had to really teach them cinematography and the lighting. So that they understood what's going to look good on camera. Everybody thought it would be impossible for actors to really be in the jets. But that's the gift that Tom gave us. That by the time we got up there, we could handle it. Definitely the most amazing thing I've ever done. All the training, 100% prepared. I'm very proud of what we all accomplished. Each one of them are extraordinary. It still blows my mind that we've done this. There's nothing like it.