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Forty years later, the cast of Top Gun<\/a> <\/em>remains one of the most iconic ensembles of the 1980s \u2014 a veritable who\u2019s who of major stars for the next few decades.<\/p>\n

When it came to discovering the perfect actors to jump in the cockpit, Paramount struggled to find that loving feeling. In an exclusive interview with Gold Derby, casting director Margery Simkin, who most recently cast last year\u2019s Avatar: Fire and Ash, <\/em>remembers several protracted battles over who should portray the likes of Goose, Iceman, and Viper.<\/p>\n

Top Gun <\/em>was early in Simkin\u2019s career. She had previously cast Beverly Hills Cop, <\/em>establishing a professional relationship with producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. She also had a working rapport with director Tony Scott, with whom she\u2019d just worked on a project that never got made. By the time Simkin came on board Top Gun, <\/em>the script, which went through several major rewrites, was largely complete and Simkin was tasked with assembling a flight crew.<\/p>\n

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READ: Alternate tracks, sweaty volleyball, Oscar disses: An oral history of the \u2018Top Gun\u2019 soundtrack\u2019s high-octane hits<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

THE NEED FOR\u2026 DEEP POCKETS<\/h3>\n

Top Gun <\/em>would not be the phenomenon it is without its leading man \u2014 Tom Cruise<\/a>. Nor would Tom Cruise be the star he is without Top Gun.<\/em><\/p>\n

In 1985, Cruise had just come off the wildly successful Risky Business, <\/em>after playing memorable supporting roles in Taps <\/em>and The Outsiders. <\/em>He had yet to prove he had the kind of star power to open a film, but he was well on his way there.<\/p>\n

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Tom Cruise in ‘Top Gun’Paramount<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Despite his relative inexperience, much like Maverick himself, Cruise came with an enormous amount of confidence and chutzpah via his agent, Paula Wagner. While stories abound of the many Hollywood stars who read for Pete \u201cMaverick\u201d Mitchell, including reports that Matthew Modine was a strong contender for the role, Simkin says that to her mind, there was no one else seriously in contention for Maverick.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d been doing a lot of projects with guys that age,\u201d Simkin remembers. \u201cSo, they\u2019d sent me the script, and [producer] Don [Simpson] called me up and said, \u2018Paula Wagner wants a million dollars for Tom. Who else is there?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Simkin attempted to find a cheaper alternative for Simpson, paging through her notebooks of up-and-coming young men she\u2019d seen in various auditions over the last few years. Cruise had also previously read for Simkin, fresh off an early dark turn in Taps. <\/em>\u201cI had seen a tougher version of him, so I knew he had that, and I had met him, so I knew he was charming,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n

To her, tough but charming was the perfection combination for Maverick. \u201cThere were great actors out there. But when you thought of this part, Tom seemed the best of any of those guys of that time,\u201d she says. \u201cSo, I called Don back and I said, \u2018Pay him.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

TALK TO ME, GOOSE<\/h3>\n

Everyone needs a wingman \u2014 and for Maverick, it\u2019s Nick \u201cGoose\u201d Bradshaw, a character who needs to never outshine Maverick, but leave a lasting mark on the audience all the same. \u201cEvery role has a purpose in a screenplay and the role of that character was that you cared about him enough that when he died, you were heartbroken,\u201d reflects Simkin.<\/p>\n

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Anthony Edwards<\/a> in ‘Top Gun’Paramount<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Don Simpson initially had other ideas in mind, wanting an actor who could be a funny sidekick to Maverick, someone like Paul Reiser, whom Simkin had auditioned previously for Beverly Hills Cop. <\/em>\u201cHe really wanted a comic,\u201d she recalls. \u201cHe said, \u2018I want somebody funny\u2019” And I said, \u2018The purpose of this part is you care when he dies, and you will really care when Tony dies.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Anthony Edwards had taken on small roles in Fast Times at Ridgemont High <\/em>and Revenge of the Nerds, <\/em>but had yet to truly break through. Simkin had seen him over and over in the audition room, but Top Gun <\/em>was the one she knew he was right for. \u201cHe\u2019s so sympathetic,\u201d she explains. \u201cThere’s a kindness to his face. I just thought people will love him and be upset when he dies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Simkin stood her ground and it paid off. \u201cThe two biggest fights on Top Gun<\/em> casting-wise were Anthony Edwards and Val Kilmer<\/a>,\u201d she notes. \u201cI’m proud of that because when you look at it, that’s where they jumped off for the new movie.\u201d<\/p>\n

YOU\u2019RE DANGEROUS<\/h3>\n

A successful fighter pilot doesn\u2019t only need a wingman, but also a nemesis \u2014 someone who sticks in his craw and drives him to be better. For Maverick, that\u2019s Tom \u201cIceman\u201d Kazanzky, his rival and eventual friend.<\/p>\n

From the time she signed on to Top Gun, <\/em>Simkin wanted to cast Val Kilmer as the stoic Iceman. She knew Kilmer from his Juilliard days and had seen him in a play about the Baeder Meinhoff gang at New York\u2019s Public Theatre. She was barely even aware of Kilmer\u2019s only two film roles prior, comedic turns in Top Secret <\/em>and Real Genius.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cI knew him as this serious, intense theater actor,\u201d she says. \u201cUnbeknownst to me, he had been in a comedy for Paramount and then did another comedy for another studio. So, the studio said to me, \u2018It can’t be him. He’s a comic actor. He’s not a dramatic actor, and you can’t cast him.\u2019 I was so confused.\u201d<\/p>\n

In those days, it was harder to convince studio execs and producers that someone was right for a role because they weren\u2019t often putting actors and their auditions on tape. Either you saw them read live or you knew them from previous work. Kilmer had come in to meet director Tony Scott, who helped Simkin fight for Kilmer to get the role. But it took a lot of convincing. \u201cThey just were completely bewildered because they had seen him in two comedies,\u201d she says of higher-ups. \u201cBut Tony really, really wanted it. And I kept saying to everybody, \u2018He was in The Baeder Meinhoff Gang.<\/em>\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Simkin\u2019s \u201cdiscovery\u201d of Kilmer as a dramatic actor was pure happenstance. She\u2019d heard from multiple friends that the play was good and made a point of seeing it. \u201cIt\u2019s these weird, unlikely circumstances,\u201d she says of the amount of luck involved in assembling a perfect cast.<\/p>\n

TAKE MY BREATH AWAY<\/h3>\n

Simkin didn\u2019t have as much of a direct role in casting Cruise\u2019s love interest for the film, Top Gun instructor Charlotte \u201cCharlie\u201d Blackwood. Kelly McGillis had recently garnered attention for her work in Witness, <\/em>but she was a studio choice who director Tony Scott signed off on.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe studio wanted her to have that part,\u201d Simkin says. \u201cShe was supposed to do something else for them and then that didn’t happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis in Top GunParamount Pictures<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Simkin, however, does remember an attempt to foist a different actress, whom she leaves unnamed, on her. Someone she deemed far too young and inexperienced for the character. But that was because of a major script change. Initially, Maverick\u2019s love interest was written to be a gymnast or aerobics instructor before the real-life civilian instructor Christine Fox inspired Simpson and Bruckheimer to integrate Charlie into the world of Miramar.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomebody kept pushing this actress who was much younger, saying, \u2018She’s perfect,\u2019\u201d Simkin remembers. \u201cAnd I’m going, \u2018She’s totally wrong and she’s too young.\u2019 And he’s like, \u2018What are you talking about?\u2019 It was days and weeks of this. Finally, there was a moment where he said, \u2018Why can’t she be a gymnast?\u2019 And I said, \u2018A what?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat used to happen is all of these script drafts would end up in the agency libraries and sometimes they pulled out the wrong draft,\u201d she explains of the mix-up. \u201cActors would show up with the wrong drafts or with scenes that had been changed. It\u2019s such a different world now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Simkin did, however, see another actress for the role of Charlie who she also felt was wrong for the part, but ended up casting in the movie anyway \u2014 Meg Ryan<\/a>. Ryan plays Goose\u2019s wife, Carole Bradshaw, a small but crucial role in building the emotional impetus for Maverick\u2019s character arc.<\/p>\n

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Tom Cruise, Meg Ryan, and Anthony Edwards Paramount<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ryan had largely worked on television at this point, appearing on soap opera As the World Turns<\/em>. \u201cMeg had a fantastic agent who I adored and trusted, and she had had me meet Meg years before,\u201d Simkin remembers. \u201cI’d seen some TV movie or something that she’d done and honestly, I wasn’t that impressed. But her agent just kept pushing me and said, \u2018Trust me, she’s changed, she’s grown.\u2019 So, she came in for the Kelly McGillis part.\u201d<\/p>\n

At that time, Ryan\u2019s character didn\u2019t exist in the script. Carole was added later to emphasize Goose\u2019s loss. \u201cShe was a little kooky and charming and adorable and not at all right for that part, but did a nice reading,\u201d Simkin says. \u201cThen, when they wrote this part, I thought of her immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n

Simkin also thought of Holly Hunter for the role of Carole, but she was acting in a play in New York at the time and unable to come to Los Angeles for an in-person audition. Though Simkin videotaped Hunter, the production team\u2019s ability to meet Ryan sealed the deal for her casting.<\/p>\n

RULES OF ENGAGEMENT<\/h3>\n

Top Gun <\/em>features a packed ensemble cast, including a large number of pilots and instructors at the Naval Academy. Most notably, there\u2019s Mike \u201cViper\u201d Metcalf, a commanding officer and Vietnam vet who served with Maverick\u2019s father.<\/p>\n

Metcalf is strict and determined to chip away at Maverick\u2019s arrogance, but he\u2019s also a fair teacher who can clearly see Maverick\u2019s potential. For Simkin, Tom Skerritt, who had captured attention with major roles in films such as M*A*S*H, The Turning Point, <\/em>and Alien<\/em> (directed by Ridley Scott, Tony’s brother), was an obvious choice.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe\u2019s a fantastic actor,\u201d she says. \u201c[But the studio] thought he was too low key and that he wasn’t going to be loud enough. I said, \u2018He commands silently. You don’t have to bark to be in charge.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Simkin also thought Skerritt would be an ideal contrast to some of the other actors like Michael Ironside, who did possess more of that traditional military drill sergeant ethos. \u201cThose other parts were more shout-y,\u201d she notes. \u201cThe idea of having a still and steady in-charge guy seemed ideal. You\u2019re painting a picture and you want to have different colors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Someone Simkin didn\u2019t anticipate casting was Tim Robbins<\/a>, who landed a small part as another pilot-in-training, Sam \u201cMerlin\u201d Wells, a role that likely wouldn\u2019t stick with audiences if Robbins hadn\u2019t gone on to the massively successful career that followed.<\/p>\n

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Tim Robbins (back) towers over ‘Top Gun’Paramount<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Simkin agreed to see him for the movie at the behest of Robbins\u2019 extremely pushy agent. \u201cHe was a nudge,\u201d she says. \u201cHe called me every day. I loved him to pieces, but he was a pain in the neck, and he just wouldn’t quit. So, Tim, came in and auditioned. \u00a0I would not have normally seen him, but he was really good.\u201d<\/p>\n

But there was still one major problem \u2014 Robbins is 6-foot-5 and fighter pilots tend to be short to fit in their planes. \u201cHe did a really good reading, and I remember calling somebody and saying, \u2018How big can someone be to get into the cockpit?\u2019 Those are the things we have to think about all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite many tough conversations with studio brass and fights to cast several of the leading roles, Simkin only has fond memories for Top Gun <\/em>and its enduring 40 years of popularity. \u201cIt was very memorable,\u201d she concludes. \u201cBut you don’t think about any of that [success] when you’re doing it. You’re just doing your best on that job and then luck happens or it doesn’t.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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