Maverick ‘Ruined The Whole Movie Industry’ Says Sopranos Star

Throughout the segment, Jamie-Lynn Sigler clearly disagreed with Robert Iler’s brutal assessment of «Top Gun: Maverick,» but that didn’t stop him from further criticizing the film.

Iler mocked Tom Cruise’s acting and took an indirect shot at the star and producer, who was adamant about releasing the film in theaters, holding it for two years until the COVID-19 pandemic let up. And while Sigler is among those who feel we all owe Cruise thanks for saving the movie industry, Iler was having nothing of it.

«Five years from now, people are gonna go, ‘Oh my God, we said that this should be f***ing best movie ever because we were f***ing coming out of COVID in a fog … It’s fine, but then to say, ‘Oscar, best movie,’ putting it in a category like ‘[The] Godfather’? A shame! It ruined the entire movie industry. That’s it. I don’t want to watch movies anymore. ‘Top Gun [Maverick]’ made me hate movies. Garbage. Absolute f***ing garbage.»

At the very least, Iler seemed to love the fighter jet scenes. «The last hour was f***ing jets zooming in and out,» Iler exclaimed. «That s*** was f***ing dope.»

Iler has largely stepped back from screen acting after the 6th and final season of «The Sopranos» in 2007, making only a guest appearance on one episode of the NBC crime drama «Law & Order» in 2009.