The “SNL” episode in question would have featured an iconic cameo from Tom Cruise that the audience wasn’t expecting.

When Val Kilmer hosted Saturday Night Live in December 2000, a Top Gun sketch almost featured a cameo from co-star Tom Cruise ...

Tom Cruise paid tribute to his late "Top Gun" co-star Val Kilmer on Thursday.

Tom Cruise paid tribute to Val Kilmer after his Top Gun costar’s death at age 65. “I’d like to honor a dear friend of mine, Val Kilmer, for a moment,” Cruise, 62, began during an ...

Tom Cruise paid tribute to his 'dear friend' and Top Gun co-star Val Kilmer. Top Gun legend Val died at the age of 65. The ...

Ana recently mentioned Tom in an interview with USA Today when she admitted she takes inspiration from him for his stunt work. She told the publication: 'Not at a Tom Cruise level yet. But I can ...

PHOTO: Val Kilmer and Tom Cruise are shown in a scene from the 1986 movie 'Top Gun.' (Paramount Pictures via Newscom) After the moment of silence, Cruise, speaking to his late co-star, said, "I ...

Cruise and Kilmer met on the set of 1986’s “Top Gun,” in which they played rival fighter pilots Maverick and Iceman, who eventually became friends at the U.S. Navy’s Fighter Weapons School.

Tom Cruise paid tribute to his late Top Gun costar Val Kilmer with an emotional moment of silence at CinemaCon in Las Vegas. At the beginning of his Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning ...

"Thank you, Val. I wish you well on your next journey," Cruise said of his late costar during the "Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning" presentation.

I’ll say one of the things that jumps out is FaceTiming my dad and Tom Cruise taking the phone and talking to my dad on FaceTime while we were shooting Top Gun, that was pretty crazy.