UK's easyJet has launched a campaign to tackle job stereotypes and inspire more young people to consider a career in aviation, including encouraging more girls to become pilots.
The airline reimagines scenes from 80s classic Top Gun when the lead pilot roles were played by an all-male cast.
The parody, Calling all Mavericks, sees roles reversed, with Maverick and Goose played by seven-year-old Rei Diec and nine-year-old Oliva Joohee Ridington, supported by a cast of cabin crew, engineers and ground operations staff.
Creative agency Taylor Herring scripted and created the campaign, which took two years of planning with the delay to the release of Top Gun 2.
Shot at London Luton Airport, by production house St Mark’s Studios, with a cast of children of easyJet staff aged between seven and 12, the film recreated some of Top Gun’s iconic moments, including Tom Cruise’s motorbike scene, the classroom and the "It’s time to buzz the tower" scene.
Rei Diec aged seven, who played the leading role of Maverick, said: “I’ve always loved flying and getting to be a pilot for a day was the best day ever and a dream come true!”
The shootsaw seven year-old Rei (Maverick) riding her motorbike en route to easyJet’s Flight School.
Maverick and Goose encounter seven-year-old Elizabeth O’Brien, who recreates the role of Kelly McGillis’ Charlie in the classroom. The pilots then make their way to an easyJet Airbus aircraft.
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