'I feel the need...': Miles Teller joins Tom Cruise as Goose's son in Top Gun: Maverick
Only the Brave star Miles Teller has signed on to play the son of Maverick's (Tom Cruise) late wingman and BFF, Goose (Anthony Edwards), in Top Gun: Maverick.
On Monday, the 31-year-old Sundance Jury Prize winner confirmed he was the new co-pilot on Twitter by quoting the famed Top Gun line: 'I feel the need...[for speed].'
The NYU Tisch grad managed to beat out Nicholas Hoult (Sand Castle) and Glen Powell (Set It Up) for the role in Oblivion director Joseph Kosinski's testosterone-fueled sequel.
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Casting news: Only the Brave star Miles Teller has signed on to play the son of Maverick's (Tom Cruise) late wingman and BFF, Goose (Anthony Edwards), in Top Gun: Maverick
![On Monday, the 31-year-old Sundance Jury Prize winner confirmed he was the new co-pilot on Twitter by quoting the famed Top Gun line: 'I feel the need...[for speed]'](http://web.archive.org/web/20190528001055/https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/07/03/21/4DE50B1700000578-0-image-a-146_1530650328484.jpg)
![On Monday, the 31-year-old Sundance Jury Prize winner confirmed he was the new co-pilot on Twitter by quoting the famed Top Gun line: 'I feel the need...[for speed]'](http://web.archive.org/web/20190528001055im_/https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/07/03/21/4DE50B1700000578-0-image-a-146_1530650328484.jpg)
On Monday, the 31-year-old Sundance Jury Prize winner confirmed he was the new co-pilot on Twitter by quoting the famed Top Gun line: 'I feel the need...[for speed]'
Upon hearing the news, the 29-year-old SAG Award winner joked: I'm taking down all the Tom Cruise posters in my bedroom. Maybe, I'll leave one. Two for symmetry. Okay, the posters are staying.'
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The wisecracking, Radar Intercept Officer LTJG Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw was memorably killed in Tony Scott's $356.8M-grossing 1986 flick when his ejector seat malfunctioned during a training engagement.
No word yet on whether Meg Ryan will reprise her role as Goose's effervescent widow, Carole Bradshaw.
Hired: The NYU Tisch grad managed to beat out Nicholas Hoult (Sand Castle) and Glen Powell (Set It Up) for the role in Oblivion director Joseph Kosinski's testosterone-fueled sequel
The 29-year-old SAG Award winner joked: I'm taking down all the Tom Cruise posters in my bedroom. Maybe, I'll leave one. Two for symmetry. Okay, the posters are staying'
Little boy: The wisecracking, Radar Intercept Officer LTJG Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw was memorably killed in Tony Scott's $356.8M-grossing 1986 flick when his ejector seat malfunctioned during a training engagement
You've lost that loving feeling: No word yet on whether Meg Ryan (2-L) will reprise her role as Goose's effervescent widow, Carole Bradshaw
The Paramount Picture - hitting US theaters July 12, 2019 - is said to focus on the end of the Navy's dogfighting era as well as the rise of drones and fifth generation fighters, according to Variety.
56-year-old Tom will produce and reprise his breakout role as Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell alongside his onscreen nemesis Val Kilmer as Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky.
Worryingly, the 58-year-old Grammy nominee recently underwent a tracheostomy during his two-year battle with throat cancer, which left him with a raspy voice.
Hitting US theaters July 12, 2019! The Paramount Picture is said to focus on the end of the Navy's dogfighting era as well as the rise of drones and fifth generation fighters
Homoerotic rivalry: 56-year-old Tom will produce and reprise his breakout role as Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell alongside his onscreen nemesis Val Kilmer as Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky
Getting better? Worryingly, the 58-year-old Grammy nominee recently underwent a tracheostomy during his two-year battle with throat cancer, which left him with a raspy voice
