More than thirty years after the first “Top Gun” took the world by storm, “Top Gun: Maverick” is taking Tom Cruise back to the skies – and he’s not alone.
While the critically-acclaimed sequel is bringing in many new faces, from a new generation of pilots to the military’s top brass, it’s also bringing in a new love interest for Maverick: Jennifer Connelly’s Penny Benjamin. Now, fans are asking: what happened to Charlotte “Charlie” Blackwood, the original love interest for the ace pilot?
If you’re wondering where Charlie Blackwood is in the long awaited sequel, then you’re going to want to hear Kelly McGillis’ brutally honest take on her “Top Gun: Maverick” exclusion.
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Please Note: We called Goose Maverick's wingman in a more social context, not in aviation terms.
They totally should have had at least one line explaining where she got off to like they did with Goose's wife. Charlie was a civilian contractor in the 1st movie, she could be one of the top civilians at the pentagon today. [ Yes, there are some].
They excluded her because of the way she looks Today. Had she looked slimmer & younger for her age she would've had a Role in the Movie even as his Ex. What else can she do or say, they did NOT want her. Tom Cruise is now making $100Million off this Movie including his Pay. She could've used a Big Pay Day.
Congrats to McGinnis for living in reality.
I don't think fans were "baffled" unless said fans were morons. Kelly was already 5 years older than Cruise was during the original and like the rest of us she actually shows her age, unlike 60 year old Tom Cruise.
She was already a little too old for the first one, it is no surprise that they didn't call her back.
This feels like a stiring the pot video to me
She hit the Wall hard af
simple they dont look like Hollywood stars anymore.
Basically the women are treated as replaceable or disposable. Giving men always new love interests.
the other one that didn’t come back was cougar !
since he quit in the last movie ☹️
i was hoping there was going to be some kind of mention
about his character in top gun maverick
McGillis is too old and fat. he was not a good match in first movie because she was too old and more than 3 inches taller than Cruise. Never liked that movie. Ryan is had been also.
Probably because she became a cow
Jennifers Connelly's character is not a "new love interest" for Maverick. After all she is the "Admiral's daugther" from the original movie, so they go even further back than McGillis' role
Jesus Christ America. Do the right thing.
I don't care what she says or thinks she is invalid
Saw the movie today, honestly glad she wasnt in the movie, reality im sure her and Mavericks relationship wouldnt have lasted THAT long. So glad they had a new girl
Is tom crooze in this ?
She was excluded for her inclusive lifestyle and sexual preferences. How would they explain her character dating a young Pete Mitchell to being in a stereotypical lgbqt relationship in 2022?
Plus I’d pay $20 to see Jennifer Connelly’s lovely feminine ageless beauty & assets vs. Kelly McGillis’s short crop hair & wrinkles.
I also wanted Meg Ryan in the movie.
I think Kelly is still gorgeous! I was expecting something else from comments and intro, yet the current photos of her, she's still stunning. She has so much depth and inner beauty too, even a little age etc cannot hide that at all. There's so much soul in her eyes! Kelly: your not old and …. oh my goodness…. She is indeed a great actress, for she clearly is a real person!
With the greatest of respect to her, and this is something she knows better than me, to be the leading lady of a huge Hollywood movie you have to put in work on your appearance and acting and fitness. She did all that when she was younger and then chose to do other things in her life. I do understand it is ‘her’ role to be his girlfriend, but she doesn’t meet the really high demands for a Hollywood female love interest now and we can’t blame the caster for looking elsewhere (and they chose great). But there’s also nothing wrong with the way she looks – it just wasn’t the right cast for this movie. This is just life, she will understand 😊.
When keeping it real goes wrong
Kelly Mcgillis is the real
deal. Tom Cruise is a freak of nature lol
Kelly McGills was too old for Tom Cruise
Can you imagine how it would feel for a guy if he were to have met and tried to have a sexually romantic intimate night with Kelly McGillis back in 1986 after the first Top Gun came out where she refused him, and then 36 years later in 2022 he sees her again, and then she remembers him and then takes him up on that offer afterall?
Jennifer Connolly plays the Admiral 's daughter which was mentioned in the first Top Gun before Charlie appeared. Not a new love interest, a rekindled love interest.
Typical Hollywood. All the women in the original got canned because of their age and only the ones who returned are men. It would have been so great to see at least one return.
This is borderline clickbait. The title makes it sound like she has a problem and she doesn't. She says she is doing her own thing, got away from the Hollywood grind and is doing what makes her happy while giving high praise for her replacement. That is a well adjusted adult who has been through some shit and risen above it. We should all be more like that.
She knows the score. Tom Cruise still looks great as he took care of himself. She has not done the same over the last decades.
As beautiful as she was – that is how NOT beautiful she is now .
The Director didn’t want to make a sequel to Top Gun, he took a legendary film and turned it into a generic Tom Cruise movie. The fact that the story revolves around Goose’s son and they DONT bring back Meg Ryan, even for just a cameo, is the primary reason I will NOT be watching this toxic masculinity garbage.
McGill is is still stunningly beautiful!