Not content with using green screens and CGI, director Joseph Kosinski and actor, producer, and stunt performer extraordinaire Tom Cruise had the entire cast train to withstand the epic G-force of a real fighter jet in order to depict Top Gun: Maverick‘s epic action scenes. A real US Marine fighter pilot, and actual instructor at the Top Gun flight school, has reacted to these flight scenes, and the hard work the cast and crew put in has definitely paid off.