Corden's unforgettable experience with Cruise!
While appearing on The Late Late Show with Corden, Cruise took the host to Top Gun Flying School. He showed James an old fighter jet.
In 'The Late Late Show' with Corden, Cruise took the host to Top Gun Flying School. He showed James an old fighter jet and revealed how he would fly it.'But you’re not a pilot, you’re an actor,' said a bit skeptically the host of 'The Late Night Show' James Corden (43) after Tom Cruise (59) boasted that he knows how to fly airplanes.
'With all due respect, you played a lawyer in A Few Good Men, but I wouldn't want you to represent me in court, okay?' James joked.
It didn't bother the actor. As soon as they took off, he started to turn the plane, and perform tricks, which made the host scream in shock.' That's not what I asked for and what we agreed on,' Corden said.
After an unforgettable flight, the visibly shaken host, after landing, said: 'I love you and I hate you at the same time.'
Recall, Tom's return to the role of Maverick enabled him to raise all those stunts from the original 1986 film to an even higher level. But in addition to the 59-year-old Cruise who was getting ready to fly, there are also his colleagues who had to learn everything about fighter jets. Just a few weeks after the premiere of the film, a video was released which showed the demanding training for military pilots, which the actor and the team of “Top Gun” went through.
In the behind-the-scenes film “Top Gun: Maverick”, Tom Cruise explains how he and his associates prepared for the roles by opposing gravity. He said they worked with the navy, and they had to learn how to shoot properly. They also try flying in a military plane!
Three months of flight training may sound unbelievable, but it was necessary to record real scenes of air battles. The creation and implementation of the training plan were left to Tom Cruise. Tom actually planned the whole pilot training for the rest of the crew.
Cruise said that they also designed a “challenging” underwater program, which simulates the situation of getting off a plane when landing on water. Cruz added: “I am very proud of what we have all achieved. Each of them is outstanding.”
