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Speaker 1: This is jem Nation with Jonesy and Amanda. Well, you've

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Speaker 1: heard us talk about it. We've loved this movie. Amanda

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Speaker 1: was weeping like a baby in it.

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Speaker 2: Nostalgic and the incredible action. I've never seen a film

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Speaker 2: like it.

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Speaker 3: And one of the stars of Top Gun Maverick, is

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Speaker 3: Jennifer Connelly and she joins us via zoom right now, Jennifer, Hello, Hello, No,

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Speaker 3: it did and it did not disappointment. I will just

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Speaker 3: say this about Amanda. She said, look, you know Top Gun,

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Speaker 3: it's not in my wheelhouse. And I said, this movie.

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Speaker 3: I've been waiting for this sequel my whole life, like

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Speaker 3: we're gonna.

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Speaker 2: Be honest, that's true. I had I don't even know

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Speaker 2: if I saw the first one, and yet the minute

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Speaker 2: this one started the music, I have felt like I

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Speaker 2: had seen it, and I wept nearly all the way through.

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Speaker 4: Wow, it's very emotional. I think that they came up

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Speaker 4: with such a great storyline for this chapter of the film.

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Speaker 4: We meet Maverick at such an interesting point in his life,

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Speaker 4: and it's really moving. I agree with you and what

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Speaker 4: they did with the flying sequences, I mean, I think

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Speaker 4: that that's one of the things that made the original

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Speaker 4: so impactful and captivating for people, but it's a completely

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Speaker 4: different level fun.

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Speaker 1: When the first one came out, did you watch the

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Speaker 1: first one? What did you think at the time.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I remember seeing it, you know, as when it

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Speaker 4: came out, and like everyone, it was you know, it

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Speaker 4: was so fun and it was exhilarating, and it was romantic,

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Speaker 4: and I mean I was probably a little young at

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Speaker 4: that time to find the romantic stuff interesting, you know,

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Speaker 4: but Tom Cruise was just so cool on that bike

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Speaker 4: with those glasses in that jacket, you know.

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Speaker 1: But that's the thing here.

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Speaker 3: It is so you would have seen that movie, and

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Speaker 3: then in this movie you go on his bike a

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Speaker 3: fair few times and you look very comfortable.

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Speaker 4: I was pretty comfortable. I was very confident in his

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Speaker 4: abilities for sure. And beyond that, I mean, how often

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Speaker 4: does that happen, and that you're riding on a motorcycle

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Speaker 4: of Tom Cruise. I mean, it's funny. You know, I've

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Speaker 4: been making movies for a really long time, but and

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Speaker 4: I've worked with a lot of actors, but he's Tom Cruise.

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Speaker 4: It's just something different about it and about it.

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Speaker 2: So even you feel that, even you feel.

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Speaker 4: Wo I was like I'm riding a motorcycle with Tom Cruise.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, is somebody filming?

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Speaker 4: This?

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Speaker 1: Someone filming?

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Speaker 4: So I get a camera.

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Speaker 2: I believe you kept a bit of a secret from Tom,

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Speaker 2: and that was that you're not a fan of flying,

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Speaker 2: and flying for sure.

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Speaker 4: Because he's like the coolest guy. So I'm not gonna

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Speaker 4: try and I'm gonna like try and be a little

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Speaker 4: bit cool and not tell him that I have a

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Speaker 4: crippling fear of flying. When he says, so we're gonna

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Speaker 4: go up and shoot this flying sequence, I was like, Yeah, great,

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Speaker 4: that sounds so much fun. I'm all in.

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Speaker 2: So how did you come?

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Speaker 1: How did I?

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Speaker 4: I actually had, I actually conveniently had just before making

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Speaker 4: the movie decided it was it was time to really

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Speaker 4: confront my fear of flying and and put some effort

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Speaker 4: into working on it and getting it under control. So

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Speaker 4: I had done that, but it was definitely challenged on

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Speaker 4: this one.

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Speaker 1: And does Tom actually fly planes in this?

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Speaker 2: Yes?

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Speaker 4: Wow, Yes, he's the one, the one that I was

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Speaker 4: in with him.

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Speaker 1: He was the pilot Wolbird.

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Speaker 4: Yes, it's also his plane, of course, but there's no

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Speaker 4: one who is more focused. And I mean he's so

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Speaker 4: skilled at everything. I saw him do, and he's so

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Speaker 4: focused and he's so disciplined, and uh, you know, so

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Speaker 4: I felt very confident. Also that motorcycle that we rode on,

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Speaker 4: he would ride that motorcycle really fast. And then we

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Speaker 4: had the scene where we're riding down the street and

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Speaker 4: then he'd we stop in front of the house and

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Speaker 4: there's a little mark where the camera would be perfect

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Speaker 4: for the camera if you stop right here, a little

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Speaker 4: tape mark, a little tea and every single take one

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Speaker 4: inch from the curb right on the thing. Now, when

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Speaker 4: I do a scene like that, not on like driving

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Speaker 4: a car, which by the way, I do all the time.

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Speaker 4: I am there and you've got Pete crew members like

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Speaker 4: this going like this, trying to tell you when to stop,

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Speaker 4: and then going like this to stop, and I've got

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Speaker 4: sandbags and I'm still Mone'm saying very he's very skilled.

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Speaker 1: Well, Jennifer, it was great to see you.

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Speaker 3: You were fantastic in it, and I can only say

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Speaker 3: this movie was the one that we've all been waiting for,

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Speaker 3: and quite frankly, it's exactly how I would have done it, exactly.

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Speaker 3: I'm not getting any credit for that, but I think

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Speaker 3: that's fair enough. Jennifer Connelly, thank you for joinings Maverick

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Speaker 3: in Cinemas from May twenty six.

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Speaker 1: It was great.

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Speaker 4: Thank you, thank you, thanks for being here.

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Speaker 2: Glad, thank you, Bubby good Yeah