Ridley Scott turned it down
Was it weird for you to watch Top Gun: Maverick (which was directed by Joseph Kosinski; the original Top Gun was directed by Tony Scott, who committed suicide in 2012).share
No. They asked me to [direct] it and I said, “I don’t want to follow my brother.” Tony was always interested in today. A lot of my stuff is either historic, fantasy or science fiction. Tony didn’t like fantasy — things like Alien or Blade Runner or Legend. By the way, few people saw Legend, but Tim Curry was fantastic in it.
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