Although it was one of the most awaited films in the spring, McGillis was not able to reprise her role as the role of Tom Cruise’s love lover in the version of 2022.

The actress was the subject of attention this week despite not being featured in the latest Top Gun movie after a image of her with Cruise was circulated on the internet.

Many have wondered the age at which Kelly McGillis was in Top Gun after seeing the picture that shows the actors in 1986 and the year this year.

What are you? Kelly McGillis?

Kelly Ann McGillis is a film and theater actress who hails from her home in the United States. Her fame is based on her roles in films such as Rachel Lapp in Witness, for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe and a BAFTA, Charlie in Top Gun, Made in Heaven, The House on Carroll Street as well as Kathryn Murphy in The Accused.

What is the reason why Kelly McGillis not in Top Gun: Maverick with Tom Cruise?

Kelly McGillis rose to fame for her role as an instructor of flight in Top Gun who falls for Tom Cruise. What did happen to the actress Kelly McGillis because she doesn’t make an appearance in the sequel that came out over 30 years after the original?

In the sequel Tom Cruise’s character Pete “Maverick” Mitchell returns to instruct youngsters Top Gun graduates for an unusual mission, which includes his former best friend Goose’s son Rooster (Miles Teller). Goose Bradshaw, who Anthony Edwards played in 1986, as well as the wife of his character, Carole Bradshaw, played by Meg Ryan, are seen in flashbacks from the film 2022.

However, Ryan wasn’t only the one actor who didn’t receive a second opportunity to appear in Top Gun: Maverick. The sequel doesn’t have Kelly McGillis, who played Maverick’s love interest Charlie as in Top Gun. The film instead features Penny Benjamin (Jennifer Connelly) is featured in the original film as the daughter of the admiral’s an affair with Maverick but not depicted, is reconnected to Maverick in the pilot.

McGillis told Entertainment Tonight in 2019 (during the production for Top Gun: Maverick) she was getting older and that was the reason she was not requested back, however Director Joseph Kosinski told Insider that McGillis and Ryan haven’t been cast being featured in the sequel due to their roles could have an impact on the stories of the sequel.

What was the age of Kelly McGillis in Top Gun?

The time Kelly McGillis played Charlotte “Charlie” Blackwood in Top Gun, she was at the age of 27.
1986 was over three years since the year 1986.

She has been in 40 movies overall including 35 from the time of the release in Top Gun, and is at 65 years old.