You'll find many a Top Gun pun in the swathes of reviews for the long-delayed sequel. None of them quite do justice to just how exhilarating Top Gun: Maverick truly is.

Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell has served the Navy for 30 years, but his time is running out – they don't make 'em like Mav anymore, and that is, the Navy seems to be saying, a good thing. But Maverick has one last thing to offer his students: PASSION.

We headed to the Royal Premiere of Top Gun Maverick in London, to talk to the films biggest stars including Tom Cruise, Jon Hamm Greg Tarzan Davis about how this film, 36 years in the making, came together.

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