Maverick showed Pete Mitchell visiting Goose's grave. With Iceman now dead, too, Top Gun 3 could be similarly emotional.

In the original Top Gun, Iceman is Maverick’s chief rival in the naval ... In 2022, 63-year-old Kilmer shared a still from the movie on Instagram with the poignant caption: “36 years later ...

Kilmer reprised his role as Tom “Iceman” Kazansky from 1986’s “Top Gun” for “Top Gun: Maverick ... both the story and the theme of the movie, but he was bound to the production.