MD: I don’t think a lot people know that the love scene was re-shot and what is the story behind that? So, it also gave me a chance to take more risks which I really like doing. It made me a household name and I think it afforded me to be able to go do a lot of things - opportunities in the theater that perhaps I wouldn’t have had financially if I hadn’t done it. People couldn't really recognize me as easily. I was recognizable - because prior to that “Witness” and I don’t run around in a prayer cap and an Amish dress. MD: How did “Top Gun” change your life and your career? I don't want to have to try to be 30 for the rest of my life." McGillis also took time to remember "Top Gun"'s late director Tony Scott, who died over the summer, as well as discuss her current "quiet" life and career, admitting, "My goal is to be like Jessica Tandy - to be an older woman and really just secure in myself. (Much of "Top Gun" was filmed in San Diego, California.) She observed how the film's indelible soundtrack - including the songs "Take My Breath Away" by Berlin and "Danger Zone" by Kenny Loggins - has stuck with her through time, especially when she's grocery shopping. McGillis was as candid as her memory would allow, recalling that "a lot of partying" was happening when the actors were off the clock - some even getting in trouble in nearby Mexico. (Starting February 8, there is also a six-day theatrical run of "Top Gun" in select IMAX ® 3D theaters.) The actress, now 55 years old, spoke to Yahoo! Movies in honor of a Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray 2D two-disc set of the popular '80s film being released on February 19. And then it was all silhouette because I had dark brown hair." "So, in the elevator scene, which we shot at that time as well, they put me in a baseball cap. "I was doing another movie and I wouldn't cut my hair," she said of her steamy scene with Tom Cruise in the 1986 film. Kelly McGillis has nothing but great memories of filming " Top Gun" more than 25 years ago - in spite of the fact that she had to go back to shoot the movie's iconic love scene after filming had supposedly wrapped.
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