Why Top Gun’s Kelly McGillis was SNUBBED from sequel after unrecognisable twice-married star quit fame & came out as gay
thesun.co.ukSHE was once one of Hollywood’s most desirable leading ladies after starring opposite Tom Cruise in Top Gun, but these days you'd do well to recognise Kelly McGillis.
The 64-year-old played Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell's flight instructor and love interest, Charlie Blackwood, in the original 1986 movie - but won’t be in the sequel out later this month.
Mum-of-two Kelly, who took a big step back from Hollywood at the height of her fame, has ditched her trademark blonde locks and swapped a glamorous wardrobe for casual baggy trousers and T-shirts.
She has endured more than her fair share of heartache, including two disastrous marriages before coming out as gay in 2010. At the time Kelly opened up about a harrowing gang-rape ordeal when she was 24, which she became convinced was a "punishment" from God for her sexuality.
