Posted on 07/28/2019 2:16:05 PM PDT by Magnatron
Kelly McGillis, who played Tom Cruise's love interest in "Top Gun," claims she wasn't asked to reprise her role in the sequel "Top Gun: Maverick."
In the 1986 original, McGillis' character, Charlotte "Charlie" Blackwood, is not only Maverick's lover, she's also his flight instructor.
Entertainment Tonight asked the actress if she'd attend any of the film's promotional events, and she was diplomatic yet candid in her response, admitting, "I don't know how to answer that because one, it hasn't happened. Two, if and when it did happen, I would have to assess where I am, what I'm doing, what's going on ... I can't project what I would or wouldn't do in the future. I have no idea because I don't know where I'll be."
She added that she hasn't even seen the trailer for the sequel, noting "Movies are odd things. I don't really keep in touch with anybody. I think I've spoken to a couple of people occasionally, but the truth is, movies are very odd work situations because you have a lot of people who come together from all different parts of the world."
Jennifer Connelly has a role in the upcoming "Top Gun: Maverick," though it's unclear what part she'll play. If she's going to be Cruise's paramour in the popcorn flick, McGillis isn't bitter about it.
McGillis, 62, says she left Hollywood entirely in order to get healthy physically and psychologically.
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Honestly, women often get all high and mighty about men putting so much importance on looks.
But lets get real, women are just as bad as men when it comes to that, they’re just better at disguising it. Human beings are genetically predisposed to choose a mate, procreate with attractive partners and it’s just as strong in women as men.
Women get their way pretty much exclusively when they’re young, men get some payback as they age as males tend to age better than women, especially if the women have had kids.
Just the way it is
Shocking how young Martin Sheen was in that movie...or are we all just getting older?
I’m not a movie buff - mostly due to the crap that comes out of that cesspool called Hollywood (where I moved to when I was 19 y/o kid from Ohio).
That said, “Apocalypse Now” is one of my top-3 films of all time.
Agreed. Age happens. I’m pretty active, hiking, walking, yoga, and I eat healthy most days. At 59, I am fit but I don’t have the body (or metabolism) of a 30-year-old anymore. We don’t really have to compete with the kids forever.
To the studio she wishes to be employed by.
Studios sell idealized fantasies to people who are often living less than ideal lives.
“Who’s in command here?”
“Ain’t you?”
Love that movie.
We had our 50th high school reunion a few years back.
Some looked pretty much the same. A few including me had put on a few pounds. There were 3 girls who were really hot and I (and I suspect the other guys too) were wondering how they looked.
One had married a classmate and he had to tell us that she had passed. Another didn’t show up but a friend confirmed a rumor I had heard about her over 50 years previously. The 3rd, was a widow and showed up around an hour late.
I was really surprised how good she looked.
Never thought much about Top Gun
At least it was better than Plan 9 from Outer Space
She has man hands
“A woman is like an egg salad sandwich on a warm Texas day: full of eggs and only appealing for a short time.”
[quickly looks over shoulder]
Fortunately, I picked a woman who never smoked, doesn't drink much or worship the sun, eats healthy and stays fit. I, on the other hand, am a whiskey soaked, cigar puffing, bbq eating fool.
Had Kelly McGillis been less like me, and more like my wife (along with a little Botox, a face lift or two, and a nip-n-tuck here and there), she might just have had a part in this sequel.
Can't argue with that. Looks aren't everything, but ugly isn't anything.
Everybody's going to age, but willingness to maintain appearance and age gracefully is within control, except for some ailments. It also says something about the person if they stay in shape.
Maggie Smith, Angela Lansbury, Julie Andrews, and Diane Keaton all aged gracefully, looking after themselves, and maintaining the ability to continue making movies. I list them because none of them appear to have gone the plastic surgery route, which frequently has bad outcomes.
The last reunion I went to, my first thought was, “Who
are all these old people?” Sans name tags, I would not
have recognized any of them.
I had few friends in high school and fewer dates. But when
I saw how my classmates had fared in life, somehow my shyness
dropped off and I treated classmates from a different, more
confident perspective. When it was over, I was voted
‘most changed.’ LOL
Thank you for the endorsement of my common sense. I am not Latina, just affiliated ... as I say when I show up late for something, “Me hace Hispana!”
I think you face some of the same issues as another FRiend, an older woman, in evaluating potential relationships.
I think that for anyone single, a person who has a common interest and just wants to hang out is positive. Go to a ball game, a park, a homeless shelter, whatever. If they’re focused on, “Are we going to be a long-term couple?” right away, they probably want something from you, and they’re going to get ugly if they don’t get it. A person who has expectations beyond, “It might be nice to get to know each other,” is iffy. For women, a man who starts off with expectations, “If I don’t enjoy the date, it’s your responsibility,” is a red flag, and I don’t see why the same couldn’t apply to a man.
If post-menopausal, Catholic women won’t say they oppose artificial contraception, that might be a marker for other personal glitches that might be incompatible with you.
It sounds like she doesn’t wish to be employed by a studio, so all’s well. I replied to a post that seemed to be stating a more general rule.
I recognized every one of my classmates. Maybe because there were only 160 in my senior class. Everybody knew everybody and most of us had since grammar school.
I will say that not a single one of my classmates became a criminal, at least that we knew of.
Best. LOL. Ever.
Or as in Richards’ case - embalm you!
Time marches on.
_______________
... like a Mack Truck.
The guy-in-my-circle who was the most criminal,
least ethical of the bunch ended up an FBI agent.
We knew he’d never amount to much.
Women in their 20's have their pick of guys, since all the older guys want to date them too.
When they arrive at 50, the guys their own age who they would consider desirable, are busy dating younger women.
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