Val Kilmer Compares Top-Gun: Maverick Return to Reuniting With a ‘Long-Lost Friend’

For a long time, it was uncertain whether Val Kilmer would be back for Top Gun: Maverick, but as revealed in the recent trailer and confirmed in interview with the director and main star of the movie Tom Cruise, Kilmer will reprise his role as Tom “Iceman” Kazansky in the summer blockbuster. In a new interview, Kilmer himself has discussed what it was like coming back to the role after so long, and now it felt like being reacquainted with a good friend.