Tom Cruise doesn’t just save lives in his movies… The actor is getting praise from Kurt Russell for what he’s did to benefit Hollywood. Kurt was impressed by Tom’s film Top Gun: Maverick.
The movie serves as a sequel to the original Top Gun, released in 1986. The Escape from L.A. star penned him a letter to express his gratitude for the Top Gun sequel. Kurt believes that the movie did more than just entertain audiences and rake in billions at the box office.
The actor praised Tom Cruise for revitalizing the film industry
He’s often saving the world on screen, but apparently, our gratitude for Tom should extend beyond that. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Kurt says that he told Tom in a letter why Top Gun: Maverick was such a big deal for Hollywood. “I thought that this was the type of movie that we needed to try and get the movie business back on track,” said Kurt. The film came out in 2022, just as many industries, including theirs was struggling to get out of the COVID pandemic.
Kurt believes that COVID altered audiences’ movie habits. Many for him were staying home watching movies rather than going to theatres. The Top Gun sequel follows the character Pete Maverick Mitchell, training a new crop of Navy pilots.
Audiences flocked to see Top Gun: Maverick, which raked in close to $1.5 billion at the box office. It’s the 15th highest-grossing film ever and the second highest in 2022 behind Avatar: The Way of Water. It also earned six Academy Award nominations, winning for Best Sound in 2023. An untitled third Top Gun movie is currently in the works.
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