Miles Tellermade a wild discovery while making the sequel toTop Gun.
Chatting withSeth MeyersonLate NightTuesday, Teller recalled filming the recently released, box-office-shatteringTop Gun: Maverick, revealing that he discovered he had “flame retardant, pesticides and jet fuel” in his bloodstream after breaking out in hives on the high-flying set of the movie.
“We landed, and I’m just like, ‘Man, I’m not feeling too good.’ I was really hot and I just started itching like crazy. So I get out of the jetand I’m just covered in hives— like, head to toe,” said the actor, 35.
Teller went to the doctor for a blood test and soaked in an oatmeal bath that night for relief (“I have sensitive skin anyway, truth be told,” he told the host of his “Irish-Scottish skin”).
“My bloodwork comes back and I have flame retardant, pesticides and jet fuel in my blood,” he added.
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Miles Teller inTop Gun: Maverick(2022).Paramount Pictures
While Teller was thrown for a loop at first, “Then I thought, wait a second, this is actually kinda cool,” he admitted to Meyers, 48.
The next day, he returned to set, where costar and legacy cast memberTom Cruiseasked him what the bloodwork found.
“I was like, ‘Well, Tom, it turns out I have jet fuel in my blood,’ " Teller said. “Without even skipping a beat, Tom just goes ‘Yeah, Iwas born with it, kid.’ "
“So that was a very Tom moment for me,” he added.
Miles Teller inTop Gun: Maverick(2022).PARAMOUNT PICTURES, SKYDANCE AND JERRY BRUCKHEIMER FILMS
Among his young charges is Lt. Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw (Teller), the son of his late best friend Goose (Anthony Edwardsin the first movie).
Top Gun: Maverickis now playing in theaters.
source: people.com
