He is drinking beer in most scenes. In one scene, Charlie tells a waitress she will have what he is drinking and asks Maverick if it is hemlock. He tells the waitress it is 'ice water.'
He played Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in the 1986 hit movie.
Top Gun Lt. Pete Mitchell ( call sign "Maverick" )
Pete Mitchell
Maverick is his call sign Pete Michele is his Characters name.
He plays Lt. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell.
Maverick
It came from the movie Top Gun.
Top Gun
Maverick
In the movie Top Gun, Tom Cruise's character, Lt. Pete Mitchell, had the call sign Maverick.
In most scenes he is drinking beer. However, in a scene after Goose is killed he is approached by Charlie and, when a waitress asks him what she will have, Charlie tells her she'll have what he is having. Charlie asks him if it is hemlock, and he tells the waitress it is ice water.
In the movie "Top Gun," the character known as "Ghost Rider" is a callsign for Lieutenant Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, played by Tom Cruise. The term is used during aerial combat training exercises, where pilots are assigned callsigns to identify them in communication. Maverick's skills and bravado in the cockpit make him a standout among his peers, leading to his legendary status.