Val Kilmer and Tom Cruise reunite in "Top Gun: Maverick." The reunion was emotional with the hug "straight from the heart," Kilmer tells USA TODAY. Watch Party Newsletter What to watch Win $100 ...

Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer in “Top Gun.” CBS via Getty Images “After one of the takes (we only did a few) I noticed that both Tom and Val had tears in their eyes,” the director said.

After taking our breath away in 1986, let's check in with what the actors are up to, nearly four decades later.

Tom Cruise stuck his neck out for his co-star. Back in 1986, the Hollywood icon starred as Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in "Top Gun" alongside Val Kilmer, who played his rival, Tom "Iceman" Kazansky ...

Tom Cruise was so close to being an “SNL” wingman for Val Kilmer. The actor, 62, was supposed to appear on “Saturday Night Live” alongside his former “Top Gun” co-star in a sketch ...

Tom Cruise “really wanted” Val Kilmer to reprise his role in the action flick, ... Kilmer and Cruise on set of ‘Top Gun’ in 1986. Alamy Stock Photo. Filed under. jerry bruckheimer ...

Val Kilmer recently shared what it was like to film "Top Gun: Maverick" with Tom Cruise nearly 30 years after the original "Top Gun" was released. "It was like no time had passed at all," Kilmer ...

Val Kilmer and Tom Cruise forged a special bond during Top Gun that would last decades.. Kilmer died of pneumonia at the age of 65 on Tuesday, April 1, and though he may not have initially wanted ...

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer tells PEOPLE Tom Cruise "really wanted" Val Kilmer in the upcoming Top Gun: Maverick, out in theaters on Nov. 19 ...

Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer reunited one last time on the big screen for "Top Gun: Maverick." The pair played rivals in "Top Gun," with both of them years later becoming icons of the action genre.

Tom Cruise was so close to being an “SNL” wingman for Val Kilmer. The actor, 62, was supposed to appear on “Saturday Night Live” alongside his former “Top Gun” co-star in a sketch ...