‘Top Gun: Maverick’ director explains why major characters didn’t return for sequel

Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski has explained why two major characters from the first film didn’t return for the sequel.
Kelly McGillis, who plays Pete “Maverick” Mitchell’s love interest Charlie Blackwood, and Meg Ryan as Goose’s wife Carole Bradshaw are both noticeably absent from the new movie.READ MORE: Top Gun: Maverick review: an engaging if brainless return to the danger zoneMiles Teller has been cast as Nick “Goose” Bradshaw’s so