To make “Top Gun: Maverick” soar, the movie’s stars entered the danger zone. Glen Powell, Monica Barbaro and Lewis Pullman depict elite Navy pilots in the much-anticipated sequel and underwent a rigorous flight training program set up by Tom Cruise to authentically portray their characters. The months of preparation allowed the actors to shoot all of their scenes inside the cockpits of actual fighter jets being flown by real-life military pilots, satisfying Cruise’s vision to film real scenes rather than rely on computer-generated imagery. “Tom really understands the effect a movie can have on…
