Miles Teller Lands Key Top Gun 2 Role
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Whiplash star Miles Teller will take to the skies opposite Tom Cruise’s Maverick in Paramount and Skydance’s Top Gun 2, as Variety first reported. Teller beat out a host of young actors, including Nicholas Hoult of the X-Men franchise and Set It Up star Glen Powell, to land the role of Goose’s son and Maverick’s new protégé.
Teller responded to his casting in a tweet on Tuesday afternoon, quoting from Tony Scott’s original 1986 film: