Top Gun: Maverick Director Tells You Everything You’d Want to Know About Making the Sequel

If you’ve seen Top Gun: Maverick and wondered how director Joseph Kosinski pulled off making such an incredible sequel and one of the best films of the year, you’re in the right place. That’s because shortly before the film opened in theaters and shattered box office records, I landed an extended interview with Kosinski to talk about the making of the film. During the wide-ranging conversation, he shared an awesome story about flying to Paris with producer Jerry Bruckheimer to pitch Tom Cruise on the movie, and at the end of the conversation Cruise picked up the phone and called the head of the studio to say they were making the Top Gun sequel. Kosinski also talked about being inspired by Tony Scott, how he worked with cinematographer Claudio Miranda on the look of the film, getting to work with Val Kilmer and filming his sequence with Cruise, what it was like shooting at real locations, how they got Lady Gaga, the editing process, why val-kilmer/you’ll never see an extended cut, and so much more.