Both “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood” would go on to be box office successes and awards season contenders, with the former grossing $1.49 billion to become the ...

But meeting Chamian during the “Maverick” casting process put Butler on her radar for “Elvis,” so it all worked out in the end. “The thing that he got the closest to was ‘Top Gun ...

Austin Butler hugs Quentin Tarantino after he wins Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama award for "Elvis" at the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 10, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California.

Austin Butler has revealed that he turned down a screen test for Top Gun: Maverick to join Quentin Tarantino’s 2019 film, Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood. The 32-year-old actor – who played ...

Tarantino’s film was released in 2019, while “Top Gun: Maverick” came out in 2022. “I ended up having to choose between going to the screen test for ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ or saying yes ...