Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, and the rest of the 'Top Gun: Maverick' cast dazzle on the Cannes Film Festival red carpet

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Tom Cruise plays Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, a role he originated in the first "Top Gun" movie back in 1986.

Jennifer Connelly plays Penny Benjamin, an old flame of Mitchell's who comes back into his life when he returns to the Top Gun academy.

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Miles Teller plays Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw, the son of Mitchell's best friend "Goose," who has followed in his dad's footsteps and is a Navy pilot.

Here's Teller with his wife Keleigh Sperry on the red carpet.

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Glen Powell plays cocky pilot Jake "Hangman" Seresin and steals every scene he's in.

Jon Hamm plays Beau "Cyclone" Simpson, who runs Top Gun and is Maverick's boss.

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Jay Ellis plays Reuben "Payback" Fitch, one of the young pilots Mitchell has to prepare for a big mission.

"Top Gun" franchise producer Jerry Bruckheimer and "Top Gun: Maverick" director Joseph Kosinski stand on the carpet with their cast.

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And it's Cannes, so the stars came out even though they aren't in the movie. Like Elle Fanning.

Viola Davis also showed up.

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And Eva Longoria stunned in this dress.

In grand Cannes fashion, the red-carpet arrivals ended with an airshow. Before the cast walked in, they saw the French elite acrobatic flying unit, Patrouille de France, soar overhead.

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