Actor Miles Teller says he was nervous to be a part of 바카라˜Top Gun: Maverick바카라™ as he had big shoes to fill when superstar Tom Cruise picked him up to play the son of a beloved character in the franchise.
Actor Miles Teller speaks up about working with actor Tom Cruise in the sequel to 바카라˜Top Gun바카라™. Teller feels nervous because he had some big shoes to fill into.
Actor Miles Teller says he was nervous to be a part of 바카라˜Top Gun: Maverick바카라™ as he had big shoes to fill when superstar Tom Cruise picked him up to play the son of a beloved character in the franchise.
바카라˜Maverick바카라™ is a much-awaited follow-up to the 1986 blockbuster 바카라˜Top Gun바카라™, which changed Cruise's life and career, making him an overnight Hollywood heartthrob for his performance as suave and daring US Navy aviator Pete 바카라˜Maverick바카라™ Mitchell.
The sequel features Teller, known for some of the recent hits like 바카라˜The Spectacular Now바카라™, 바카라˜Whiplash바카라™, 바카라˜Bleed For This바카라™ and 바카라˜Only The Brave바카라™, as Lieutenant Bradley 바카라˜Rooster바카라™ Bradshaw, the son of Maverick's late best friend Nick 바카라˜Goose바카라™ Bradshaw, a character that was played by Anthony Edwards in the original.
Teller, 35, said he was apprehensive about joining the sequel, which was mounted on a big scale as he has always focused on doing smaller scale things in his career.
"I was a little apprehensive about stepping into something that was kind of set up to be this huge thing. I've been in a couple of big movies, but for the most part I've tended to do some smaller scale things. So, I was nervous about kind of lending myself to that world, but it's something that I also was just incredibly proud and really honored to be a part of. I mean, when Tom Cruise handpicks you to be his co-star in a movie and to play the son of Goose, those are big shoes to fill. So I just felt like if Tom thinks I'm the right guy, then I think I'm the right guy too," Teller told PTI in a Zoom interview.
The action spectacle is set over 30 years after the events of Tony Scott-directed 바카라˜Top Gun바카라™ and sees Maverick training a group of Top Gun graduates, including Rooster, for a specialized mission.
Teller said he was inspired by the superstar's 바카라˜work ethic바카라™ and relentless pursuit of achieving perfection.
"Tom just never stops working and he's never really even satisfied with good or great. He puts so much time into these movies that you see him in. And so his work ethic was something that I found really inspiring," he added.
For Teller, 바카라˜Top Gun: Maverick바카라™ is yet another movie where he could push the envelope with his character, something that he previously did in movies like 바카라˜Whiplash바카라™, 바카라˜Bleed For This바카라™ and 바카라˜Only The Brave바카라™.
"I think in my life I'm pretty chill. So, these movies and certain performances, give me an opportunity to kind of go to the extreme that you're not able to go to in life. You're able to do some things through these scenes that if you were to do in real life, people would say, 'Oh my God! This guy is so dramatic or this guy is too intense'. So I do tend to gravitate towards those roles. I love when the stakes are high, I really enjoy movies that aren't afraid to kind of push the envelope a little bit," Teller added.
Directed by Joseph Kosinski, 바카라˜Top Gun: Maverick바카라™ is produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie and David Ellison.
The film also features Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Charles Parnell, Bashir Salahuddin, Monica Barbaro, Jay Ellis, Danny Ramirez, Greg Tarzan Davis with Ed Harris and Val Kilmer.
The Paramount Pictures movie is exclusively distributed in India by Viacom18 Studios and will release in theatres on May 27.
[With Inputs From PTI]