‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Director Joseph Kosinski Talks Steven Spielberg, Tom Cruise Viral Moment & Teases Brad Pitt-Starring Formula One Film
deadline.comJoseph Kosinski, the director of Top Gun: Maverick, was at the DGA Awards where he talked about the viral moment between Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise. “[It] was pretty surreal for many reasons that are obvious,” Kosinski told Deadline about watching Spielberg telling Cruise that their movie “saved Hollywood.” Kosinski continued, “I grew up watching Steven’s movies — a huge inspiration to me.
To see him and Tom have that conversation about this film — pretty mind-blowing.” The filmmaker added that it was gratifying to have waited a “long two years” to release the film in theaters adding, “I knew that we made this film to be seen on the big screen and release it any other way, just wouldn’t be doing it justice.
That’s what kept us all in there while we were waiting and thank God we did because I think the day was perfect and the results have been spectacular.” Kosinski also shared that he had “so many incredible memories” while filming Top Gun: Maverick saying, “being out on a carrier in the Pacific Ocean watching Tom catapult off the deck in a F/A-18.
Great memories with my incredible crew and this cast that I’m so thrilled with how well they gelled because you just never know when you’re choosing actors how it’s all going to come together.
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