How much older was Kelly McGillis than Tom Cruise in Top Gun?
Kelly Ann McGillis is an American stage and screen actress. She is known for her film roles such as Rachel Lapp in Witness, for which she received Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations; Charlie in Top Gun; Made in Heaven; The House on Carroll Street; and Kathryn Murphy in The Accused. Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, known…
Kelly Ann McGillis is an American stage and screen actress. She is known for her film roles such as Rachel Lapp in Witness, for which she received Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations; Charlie in Top Gun; Made in Heaven; The House on Carroll Street; and Kathryn Murphy in The Accused.
Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, known professionally as Tom Cruise, is an American actor and producer. One of the world’s highest-paid actors, he has received various accolades, including an Honorary Palme d’Or and three Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards.
How much older was Kelly McGillis than Tom Cruise in Top Gun?
Kelly McGillis was much too tall for Tom Cruise. She was 5’11”. He was 5’7″. Besides, she was 27 and he was 24 and the difference was palpable. After I saw them together for a “chemistry meeting” on the Paramount lot, I walked away conclusively uttering, “She looks like his mother.
Top Gun was a Paramount production in 1984, long before Tom Holland at 5’8 and Zendaya at 5’10” walked blithely down the red carpet for Spider-Man No Way Home, breaking “stupid’ (according to Tom Holland) stereotypes of height between guys and gals.
