Goose and Maverick, the duo that inspired legions of young men to wear denim to the beach. Then there was Val Kilmer and his Iceman, the actor enjoying a stellar career in the wake of the movie’s success.

No surprises then that he’s super keen for the sequel, although it turns out he may have been a little too eager to announce the good news. Here’s Sky News with how he managed to botch the details on his Facebook account:

“I just got offered ‪#‎topgun2‬ — not often you get to say ‘yes’ without reading the script…”, he wrote…

He also confused fans by appearing to say he would be appearing alongside Gene Hackman and that Francis Ford Coppola would be directing it.

He followed up with a further post which said: “Francis Coppola and Gene Jackman are examples of what an actor says “yes” to. They are not involved. So sorry for the misunderstanding”…

He then edited his original post to admit he had got a little overexcited: “This is a long way off so calm down. This has been talked about for a long long time and being offered a role is very different from doing a role.

“I jumped the gun with my post. I jumped the topgun … An innocent mistake. It was just such a wonderful phone call with my agent …”

Here’s that post post-editing:

It has been confirmed that a script is being written with Maverick in mind, one that will focus on ‘a world we live in today where it’s drone technology and fifth generation fighters’.

I think Val might need to hit up the gym if he really wants to reprise his role as Iceman.

[source:skynews]