Maverick may be one of Tom Cruise's biggest box office hits of his career, but for years, the actor wasn't interested in returning to the franchise because he wanted to challenge himself. Speaking about the film during a screen talk at the BFI in London,

Top Gun franchise star Tom Cruise shares why he resisted making a sequel for more than 30 years before the success of Top Gun: Maverick.

Seven films down with an eighth and final edition launching in cinemas this month, Mission: Impossible is undoubtedly one of contemporary cinema's most enduring franchises. But back in 1996, what made a young Tom Cruise,