The film also paired Sheen with his future Two and a Half Men co-star John Cryer, who played as the visually impaired Jim 'Wash Out' Pfaffenbach - however it wasn’t the first time they’d met. Jon Cryer in a still from Hot Shots! (20th Century Fox) “I had done Men at Work, Navy Seals and The Rookie and none of them really did any business,” recalls Sheen, speaking exclusively to Yahoo. Read more: Sheen, Depp, Dillon enjoy Platoon reunion It was helmed by Jim Abrahams, one third of the relentless comedy braintrust that brought us 1980’s goofy masterpiece Airplane!, the movie that rebranded Nielsen as a comic icon and forever changed the face of modern comedy with its ridiculous humour and dedication to deadly serious line delivery.įor Sheen, the chance to work with someone responsible for creating one of the most influential comedies of all time wasn’t just too good to pass up: it was a lifelong dream. Taking its comedy cues from Tony Scott’s high-flying and more-than-a-little camp 1986 fighter pilot flick Top Gun, Hot Shots! (coming to Disney+ on 30 July) wasn’t just any old laugh-a-minute parody. Detail from the poster for Hot Shots! (20th Century Fox)ģ0 years ago this week, Hot Shots! introduced audiences to Charlie Sheen’s Topper Harley cockpit pro, tortured hero and the man behind the best deadpan comedy performance since Leslie Nielsen boarded an aeroplane and asked people to stop calling him Shirley.
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