Real rivalry

'Maverick' and 'Iceman' are the big rivals in the film, but that rivalry continued off-screen too.

Val Kilmer decided to give method acting a go, with the movie star later admitting he would "would purposefully play up the rivalry between Tom’s character and [his] off-screen as well. And what ended up happening is the actors in true method fashion, split into two distinct camps.”

The actors then kept their distance from one another outside of filming.