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# Watch Tom Cruise and Jimmy Fallon Prove They Have Have Not Lost That Loving Feeling for _Top Gun_

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## Melissa Locker


Jun 7, 2017 5:52 PM UTC

by 

[Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/)


## Melissa Locker


Jun 7, 2017 5:52 PM UTC

[Tom Cruise](http://entertainment.time.com/2012/07/03/tom-cruise-at-50-where-does-the-controversial-star-go-from-here/slide/that-crazy-couch/?iid=sr-link9) recently confirmed that after 30 years, _Top Gun_ was finally getting a sequel.

When Cruise stopped by _The Tonight Show_ on Tuesday, he gave Jimmy Fallon part of the credit for bringing Maverick (if not Goose) back to the silver screen. Back in 2015, [Cruise](http://time.com/4538394/watch-tom-cruise-reenact-risky-business-top-gun-and-jerry-maguire-with-james-corden/?iid=sr-link1) and Fallon faced off in [an epic Lip Sync Battle ](http://time.com/3974456/tom-cruise-lip-sync-tonight-show/?iid=sr-link3)that re-created Goose and Maverick’s famous _Top Gun_ duet to the Righteous Brothers’ song “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’’” Appropriately enough, it brought up a lot of feelings for Cruise who had never lost that lovin’ feelin’ for _Top Gun._ Returning to the character, even if momentarily, made him want to hop back on the highway to the Danger Zone. “It started right there,” [Cruise](http://time.com/4330095/tom-cruise-best-roles/?iid=sr-link4) told Fallon. “You lit the fire and I kicked the tires.”

Fallon was thrilled by the news that _Top Gun: Maverick_ is [becoming a reality](http://time.com/3939673/top-gun-2-tom-cruise-drones/?iid=sr-link2), and not just because of his small part in its conception. “I’m freaking out!” he said and Cruise admitted that he was, too, although he didn’t [jump up and down on the couch](http://time.com/3893385/tom-cruise-oprah-couch-10-years/?iid=sr-link1). “We finally figured out the story and it’s really exciting,” said Cruise. “There’s no turning back now. I can’t wait.”

Watch below.

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