The actor, who stars as Fanboy in 'Top Gun: Maverick,' spoke to Fox News Digital about joining the aviation-filled film with a fear of flying, the project's 'unique' training and how star Tom Cruise was an incredible mentor.
Paramount Pictures' latest film, 'Top Gun: Maverick,' is expected to break box office records on its opening weekend." star Danny Ramirez is detailing what it was like working with Tom Cruise and reflecting on the"unique" training that he went through in order to prepare for his role as Lieutenant Mickey"Fanboy" Garcia.
"I think this is why his movies are so well received," Ramirez said."He has the audience in mind. It is a responsibility that like people are giving two hours of their time. And every year he has a movie that millions of people go to watch. And so that responsibility of the sheer amount of hours that people are giving to be taking on this adventure, he passed that down and then since then has been a mentor.
"Yeah, it was. Very unique. It is something that I did not even, when I signed up to do the project, I did not know we were going to go through it," Ramirez explained."I was afraid of the flying in the beginning. So then through it, it was just this incremental, I'd say less strict and more [that] everyone just knew [it] was to their best interests to continue this and like and give it their all.
"So, all the footage they got was of actors passed out in the back seat or had puked everywhere. And so, he knew what we needed. And even though we did puke, we also were able to like to compose ourselves and then continue filming because it was to our stories," added Ramirez. In addition to the one-of-a-kind training he received, Ramirez also admitted he had to get past his fear of flying.
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