Iceman (played by Val Kilmer in Top Gun)
Much has been written about a thing that everyone notices on a second or third viewing of Top Gun: Pete “Maverick” Mitchell’s arch nemesis, Tom “Iceman” Kazansky, is a good guy. And not just at the end, when he and Maverick have their “you can be my wingman any time” moment — Iceman is a great dude from the start.
He’s a by-the-book, excellent pilot who is rightly concerned about Maverick endangering fellow pilots, and he deserves all of his success. He’s cocky, yes, but a lot less cocky than Maverick. The Top Gun sequel Top Gun: Maverick seems to acknowledge all this, showing that Iceman has earned a promotion to admiral and commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.
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