When You See It, You Believe It: Jay Ellis ("Top Gun: Maverick") on Fighter Jets and Representation

The Parting Shot with H. Alan Scott · May 27, 2022 · 26m

For Jay Ellis, being cast in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ (May 24) was a “full circle” moment. “I grew up in the service, so for me, it is a world that I recognize,” Ellis told Newsweek’s Naveed Jamali on the Parting Shot. In fact, Ellis’ dad was a mechanic in the Air Force. But even a childhood spent around massive jets didn’t lessen Ellis’ excitement about getting to actually fly in the jets he had admired. “I feel like a kid in a candy store, and I'm literally eating all of the candy every single day.” The experience of filming the sequel to the 1986 Tom Cruise classic “was like a film school, a…