Jennifer Connelly's Penny Benjamin is an old flame for Tom Cruise's Maverick in Top Gun: Maverick. Here's her character's role in the film.

The bar scene, while nostalgic, functions as a crucial pivot point that sets up character arcs, thematic depth and emotional ...

Hard Deck scene in 'Top Gun: Maverick.' (Screengrab/Paramount ... yet it does more than simply play on nostalgia. The Hard Deck, owned by Penny Benjamin (Jennifer Connelly), is a spiritual ...