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 ...

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.

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 ...

Tom Cruise is paying tribute to his friend and “Top Gun” costar Val Kilmer, who died earlier this week at age 65. Cruise made ...

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 ...

Continued Cruise: "I wish you well on the next journey." Kilmer starred as naval aviator Tom "Iceman" Kazansky in 1986's Top Gun, which propelled him into stardom. Funny enough, the pop culture ...

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.

Tom Cruise paid tribute to Val Kilmer ... Prior to the debut, Cruise took a moment to honor his "Top Gun" co-star, who died on Tuesday of pneumonia. "I’d like to honor a dear friend of mine ...

LAS VEGAS - American actor Tom Cruise paid tribute to his late Top Gun co-star, Val Kilmer, on April 3, remembering him as a talented actor who loved movies. Cruise, 62, opened his appearance at ...

We weren’t the only ones getting misty-eyed watching Top Gun: Maverick. Tom Cruise was right there sobbing with the rest of us. The high-flying sequel to Top Gun (1986) brought back Val Kilmer ...

The actor pays tribute to his beloved co-star, remembering him as a talented actor whom he admired very much LAS VEGAS, USA – Actor Tom Cruise paid tribute to his late Top Gun co-star ...