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Matthew Modine

'Top Gun' at 40- what would have happened to Tom Cruise if Matthew Modine hadn't turned it down?

‘Top Gun’ at 40: what would have happened to Tom Cruise if Matthew Modine hadn’t turned it down?

Things might’ve looked very different.

Aimee Ferrier
May 16, 2026
He just got weirder and weirder- the co-star Matthew Modine wanted to murder

“He just got weirder and weirder”: the co-star Matthew Modine wanted to murder

Almost came to blows with a fellow actor he’d recommended

Tim Bradley
Nov 7, 2025
Val Kimer - 2021

When Val Kilmer hated Matthew Modine for absolutely no reason: “I’m sick of you”

An unexplainable disdain.

Scott Campbell
Feb 7, 2025
Full Metal Jacket - Ending - Stanley Kubrick - 1987

How Matthew Modine changed the ending of Stanley Kubrick’s ‘Full Metal Jacket’

The actor wanted to show the “real horror of war.”

Aimee Ferrier
Oct 15, 2023
Watch behind-the-scenes footage of Stanley Kubrick film 'Full Metal Jacket'

The unusual way Stanley Kubrick auditioned actors for ‘Full Metal Jacket’

Unconventional.

Aimee Ferrier
Dec 3, 2022
Matthew Modine cast for Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer'

The reason why Matthew Modine turned down the ‘Top Gun’ role

“The movie was jingoistic”.

Calum Russell
Nov 16, 2022
Matthew Modine compares Stanley Kubrick and Christopher Nolan

Matthew Modine discusses the parallels between Christopher Nolan and Stanley Kubrick

Intriguing.

Arun Starkey
Jul 21, 2022
Matthew Modine cast for Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer'

Matthew Modine cast for Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’

The ensemble cast is growing.

Calum Russell
Feb 17, 2022
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