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Actress Kelly McGillis says she wasn’t asked to reprise her role as Tom Cruise’s love interest ‘Charlie’ in the forthcoming “Top Gun” sequel.
The actress, 62, tells Entertainment Tonight she wasn’t asked to be a part of the upcoming Joseph Kosinski-directed sequel.
“You know what, I don’t know how to answer that because one, it hasn’t happened,” McGillis said when asked if she would attend any of the promotional events surrounding the new film. “Two, if and when it did happen, I would have to assess where I am, what I’m doing, what’s going on … I can’t project what I would or wouldn’t do in the future. I have no idea because I don’t know where I’ll be.”
“Movies are odd things. I don’t really keep in touch with anybody,” she continued, adding that she has yet to see the trailer for the sequel. “I think I’ve spoken to a couple of people occasionally, but the truth is, movies are very odd work situations because you have a lot of people who come together from all different parts of the world.”
Jennifer Connelly plays Cruise’s love interest in next summer’s “Top Gun : Maverick”. McGillis says she’s “glad” for the 48 year-old actress.
McGillis, who has been out of the spotlight for years, now resides in North Carolina and enjoys spending her time with her two children, daughters Sonora and Kelsey Tillman. Explaining why she left Hollywood, McGills said she “got sober” and was “on a journey to figure out who the hell” she was.
“It was very challenging for me to have any kind of sense of self or self-identity or real self-worth other than what I did for a living,” she admitted. “And it just — it didn’t become a priority; what became the priority initially was raising my girls and being the best sober parent I could be.”
“I think just my priorities in life changed,” she continued. “It wasn’t like a major decision that I made to leave, it was just that other things became more important. I love acting, I love what I do, I love doing theater, but I don’t know. To me, my relationships to other people became far more important than my relationship to fame.”
“Top Gun : Maverick” is in theaters June 26, 2020.
