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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch
McGillis said she wasn’t asked to be in the reboot because “I’m too fat and old”
She’s 5 years older than Cruise so imma gonna say it isn’t your age honey
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A) Duh. Of course that's why she wasn't it in. Kudos to her for not being bitter about it.
B) Wouldn't it strain credibility to have her in it, even if she wasn't fat and old? This is just some civilian instructor that showed up to Top Gun 25 years ago and taught a class. Then became some chick that Maverick banged. Okay - betting a world class fighter pilot banged LOTS of chicks.
Trying to shoehorn her into the movie would've just been silly and unnecessary. Some "PhD in Astrophysics" isn't gonna just cool her jets as an instructor in San Diego for the rest of her life. That girl's living in DC. In fact, the person the character was based on (Christine Fox) ended up the Deputy Secretary of Defense after spending years at the Pentagon.
Charlie got some sweet gig at the Naval Academy working in some high end physics lab and making six figures a year for a 3 hour/wk class she taught on advanced mathematics or something. If you need her, you can probably find her at her kick-ass Brownstone on DuPont Circle. She's doing just fine not paying the bills for some stalled Captain fighter jock who lives in an airport hanger in the desert.