Val Kilmer has accepted a starring role in Top Gun 2. The 55-year-old actor, who starred alongside Tom Cruise in the 1986 original, has taken to his Facebook account to reveal he's been offered and has accepted the chance to appear in a sequel. topgun2? - not often you get to say 'yes' without reading the script... (sic)" Watch the original's trailer here: Although Val admitted he misses the director of the original action drama film, Tony Scott - who committed suicide in 2012 - he's eagerly looking forward to the sequel.