Jennifer Connelly Says She’s ‘Ready’ for ‘Top Gun 3’: ‘I’ll Be There’ (Exclusive)

Jennifer Connelly is ready for Top Gun 3 .

When ET’s Nischelle Turner spoke to the actress at the Dark Matter premiere in Los Angeles on Monday,Connelly — who played Penny in Top Gun 2 — revealed that she’s on board to return to the franchise for a third movie.

“I’ll be there. I’m ready,” she said, before noting of Top Gun: Maverick , “We had such a great time shooting it. It was fun.”

While she’s ready to reunite with Tom Cruise , Glen Powell , Miles Teller and other Top Gun stars, Connelly, 53, noted that she hasn’t seen a script for the third film just yet.

“I haven’t seen anything,” she said. “I had a casual chat with my friend, Joe Kosinski, who directed it, who I worked with twice now. I’m his biggest fan. I think he’s so great. [I talked to him] about the possibility of it, but I don’t know anything concrete.”

Connelly’s comments come more than four months after Puck News reported that Top Gun 3 was in the works with Cruise, Powell and Teller returning.

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