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‘Top Gun: Maverick’s’ Monica Barbero Says Working with Tom Cruise Is Better than You Could Imagine · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest, Monica Barbara, who plays
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  Speaker 1: fighter pilot Lieutenant Natasha Phoenix Trace in the Box Office Beast.
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  Speaker 1: Top Gun Maverick the only female top gunner in the film.
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  Speaker 1: Landing the role was a dream come true for her,
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  Speaker 1: but getting on set and actually making the project was
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  Speaker 1: better than imagine, particularly working with Tom Cruise, because not
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  Speaker 1: only did she get the star alongside him, she also
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  Speaker 1: got daily lessons in filmmaking from the movie Icon tells
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  Speaker 1: Hollywood reporter, I remember one day on the carrier, Tom
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  Speaker 1: talked about changes he had to make to the story.
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  Speaker 1: He would always pull us aside and explain, this is
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  Speaker 1: why we're changing this, this is where the story has
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  Speaker 1: to go. He would teach us the dynamics of storytelling.
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  Speaker 1: He'd say, we also need to film it this way
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  Speaker 1: because I got inspired by Casablanca last night. This guy
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  Speaker 1: is studying film every night and then coming to the
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  Speaker 1: set the next day to apply what he just learned.
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  Speaker 1: That ambition has kept Tom on top for nearly four decades.
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  Speaker 1: Top Gun Maverick is in theaters. That's direct from Hollywood.