![]() ![]() ![]() “They hated me for that,” Wright recalled, but they still took his advice. Wright previously told McQuarrie and editor Eddie Hamilton that Mission Impossible – Fallout needed to trim 15 minutes. Of course, not every bit of advice directors give one another is so easy to take. Of course, Wright accepted the suggestion because “nobody can say no to an action note from George Miller.” “On Last Night in Soho, I showed George Miller something, and he had such a tiny, tiny note that was so great,” Wright told The Hollywood Reporter. While these talents make Wright an in-demand advisor for other filmmakers, he’s been known to bend the ear of a fellow director or two. “I think I still have that playlist on Spotify,” Wright revealed. McQuarrie took Wright’s suggestion to include the Foghat blues jam “Slow Ride,” but that was only one of the song ideas the latter provided. What can you think of that’s like …?” Wright said he wasted no time, answering “Oh, give me 45 minutes!” to come up with some ideas. Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, Wright said he received a “dream text” from McQuarrie, asking, “Hey, we need a new song for the bar scene in Top Gun: Maverick. But when it comes to integrating pop music and movies, only Martin Scorsese does it better than Edgar Wright. McQuarrie is a talented director who knows his way around an effective sequence, as demonstrated in his movies Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation and Mission: Impossible – Fallout. So when producer and co-writer Christopher McQuarrie was crafting the sequel Top Gun: Maverick, he knew he had to include some great songs. It’s also a great soundtrack movie, filled with hits such as “Highway to the Danger Zone” by Kenny Loggins, “Take My Breath Away” by Berlin, and, of course, Jerry Lee Lewis’s “Great Balls of Fire” and the Righteous Brothers’ “You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling,” as performed by Tom Cruise and Anthony Edwards. ![]() The original Top Gun from 1986 remains memorable not just for its thrilling depiction of aerial combat and its effective propaganda for the American armed forces. ![]()
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