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    Top Gun 2: Why Maverick Didn’t Bring Back Meg Ryan

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    Top Gun 2: Why Maverick Didn’t Bring Back Meg Ryan

    Despite her role in Top Gun as Goose’s wife, Top Gun: Maverick‘s cast did not include Meg Ryan. Over 30 years after the original movie hit theaters, Top Gun: Maverick brought back Tom Cruise’s Pete “Maverick” Mitchell for another story filled with young, competitive Navy pilots, as well as intense and realistic flying sequences. However, without Meg Ryan Top Gun 2 had a noticeable difference. Years before developing a reputation as a romantic comedy star, then-24-year-old Meg Ryan appeared in a minor role in Top Gun. Back then in 1986, the actress’ Hollywood career had yet to take off. Meg Ryan’s Top Gun character was Carole Bradshaw, wife of Nick “Goose” Bradshaw (Anthony Edwards). Goose dies in the Top Gun movie, but his infant son is all grown up in Top Gun: Maverick, and played by Spiderhead star Miles Teller. However, his mother never returns.