I’m afraid to look.Have you seen both Lately? Kidman still has some good looks. McGillis is very grandma like.
Nicole Kidman is also better than Kelly McGillis.
Both their characters were pretty ridiculous, though.
McGillis was 29 and pretending to be some expert on air combat that senior naval officers deferred to on the matter. Was she a pilot? Did she have combat experience? Nobody knows...
Kidman is a better actress, definitely. Her successful and varied career since then (which still continues, she did great as the Queen Gertrude character in The Northman) proves that. But she was 23 at the time of Days of Thunder and pretending to be a neurosurgeon specializing in brain trauma.
Umm... assuming somebody starts college when they're 18 then...
AGE
18-21 = undergraduate
22-25 = medical school
26-32 = the SEVEN-YEAR residency required to be an attending neurosurgeon
might even add 1-2 research years or a fellowship to this
So you're not an attending in that field until probably your mid-30s if not late-30s. She's too young to be playing that character by a decade at least. Not sure they thought that casting through...
The script just needed an attractive woman for Tom Cruise to boink in both instances.
Doogie Kidman?Both their characters were pretty ridiculous, though.
McGillis was 29 and pretending to be some expert on air combat that senior naval officers deferred to on the matter. Was she a pilot? Did she have combat experience? Nobody knows...
Kidman is a better actress, definitely. Her successful and varied career since then (which still continues, she did great as the Queen Gertrude character in The Northman) proves that. But she was 23 at the time of Days of Thunder and pretending to be a neurosurgeon specializing in brain trauma.
Umm... assuming somebody starts college when they're 18 then...
AGE
18-21 = undergraduate
22-25 = medical school
26-32 = the SEVEN-YEAR residency required to be an attending neurosurgeon
might even add 1-2 research years or a fellowship to this
So you're not an attending in that field until probably your mid-30s if not late-30s. She's too young to be playing that character by a decade at least. Not sure they thought that casting through...
The script just needed an attractive woman for Tom Cruise to boink in both instances.
scientific study on Tom Cruise running technique tops ESPN's site today
Is Tom Cruise good at running? A super-scientific exploration
"Top Gun: Maverick" hits theaters this weekend. And as usual, there is a Tom Cruise running scene. That presents an important question, though: Is he actually good at running?www.espn.com
I never met him. Is he a meanie?Didn't see the first one- Hate Tom Cruise
It was the "The Notebook" of its day.
Doogie Kidman?
Doogie Howser was like 16 or so.Both their characters were pretty ridiculous, though.
McGillis was 29 and pretending to be some expert on air combat that senior naval officers deferred to on the matter. Was she a pilot? Did she have combat experience? Nobody knows...
Kidman is a better actress, definitely. Her successful and varied career since then (which still continues, she did great as the Queen Gertrude character in The Northman) proves that. But she was 23 at the time of Days of Thunder and pretending to be a neurosurgeon specializing in brain trauma.
Umm... assuming somebody starts college when they're 18 then...
AGE
18-21 = undergraduate
22-25 = medical school
26-32 = the SEVEN-YEAR residency required to be an attending neurosurgeon
might even add 1-2 research years or a fellowship to this
So you're not an attending in that field until probably your mid-30s if not late-30s. She's too young to be playing that character by a decade at least. Not sure they thought that casting through...
The script just needed an attractive woman for Tom Cruise to boink in both instances.
Doogie Howser was like 16 or so.
Tom makes good movies, but he is a weirdo.
Both their characters were pretty ridiculous, though.
McGillis was 29 and pretending to be some expert on air combat that senior naval officers deferred to on the matter. Was she a pilot? Did she have combat experience? Nobody knows...
I'm looking right now but I'm not sure if we were ever really told what the overall conflict was that they engaged in for the 3rd act of Top Gun. I think it had something to do with Russia.
So maybe...there was no reason for anyone to be there?
I have a sister in law that thought AC/DC sang a song called Dirty Deeds Dunder Chief.My wife always thought the hit Kenny Loggins song said… “I went to the danger zone.” I had to inform her of the real lyrics.
Like, why would you purposely go to the danger zone?
Oh, and Cyclone is going to be a character/call sign in this one! Giddy up!!!
Man, I don’t know. Back in the day I think I would taken McGillis over Kidman. But she definitely did not age well.Nicole Kidman is also better than Kelly McGillis.
I can't imagine sitting through a movie with you.Both their characters were pretty ridiculous, though.
McGillis was 29 and pretending to be some expert on air combat that senior naval officers deferred to on the matter. Was she a pilot? Did she have combat experience? Nobody knows...
Kidman is a better actress, definitely. Her successful and varied career since then (which still continues, she did great as the Queen Gertrude character in The Northman) proves that. But she was 23 at the time of Days of Thunder and pretending to be a neurosurgeon specializing in brain trauma.
Umm... assuming somebody starts college when they're 18 then...
AGE
18-21 = undergraduate
22-25 = medical school
26-32 = the SEVEN-YEAR residency required to be an attending neurosurgeon
might even add 1-2 research years or a fellowship to this
So you're not an attending in that field until probably your mid-30s if not late-30s. She's too young to be playing that character by a decade at least. Not sure they thought that casting through...
The script just needed an attractive woman for Tom Cruise to boink in both instances.