GOOD-BYE. CLOSING OUT WITH AN EMOTIONAL FAREWELL. THEY BOTH WILL BE MISSED. >>> THE FINALE OF THE HIT SERIES "MADMEN" AIRED SIX WEEKS AGO. JOHN HAM PLAYED THE HARD DRINKING ADVERTISING EXECUTIVE DON DRAPER. IN A STARRING ROLE THAT EARNED HIM TWO GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS AND EMMY. AFTER A STEADY MIX OF DRAMA AND COMEDY, THE ST. LOUIS NATIVE IS STEPPING INTO A CHILDHOOD FANTASY PLAYING THE COMMANDING OFFICER TO TOM CRUISE'S MAVERICK IN THE ANTICIPATED SEQUEL TO "TOP GUN." WE GOT TOGETHER FOR A SUNDAY SITDOWN. >> CAPTAIN PETE MAVERICK MITCHELL. YOUR REPUTATION PRECEDES YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> WASN'T A COMPLIMENT. >>> 51-YEAR-OLD JON HAMM HAS QUITE A STORY TO TELL 15-YEAR-OLD JON HAMM. >> IF MY EIGHTH GRADE SELF COULD TALK TO MY NOW SELF, BOTH OF US WOULD NOT BE COMPUTING THAT THIS IS HAPPENING. >> THE HARD DECK IS 5,000 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. 5,000 FEET IS NOT JUST A RULE, IT IS A LAW AS IMMUTABLE AS GRAVITY. >> 36 YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL "TOP GUN MOVIE" HAM PLAYS VICE ADMIRAL CYCLONE WHERE HE BUSTS HEAD WITH THE OLDER, ONLY SLIGHTLY WISER MAVERICK. >> NOTHING WILL CHANGE WITHOUT MY EXPRESS APPROVAL. >> INCLUDING THE HARD DECK, SIR? >> ESPECIALLY THE HARD DECK, CAPTAIN. >> SIR. >> WHAT IS THIS? >> IT'S A REQUEST TO LOWER THE HARD DECK, SIR. >> THE 1986 CLASSIC TOOK VIEWERS ON A THRILLING RIDE INSIDE THE COCKPIT. >> I FEEL THE NEED, THE NEED FOR SPEED! OW. >> AND GAVE US LINES THAT ENDURED ALL OF THESE YEARS LATER. >> SON, YOUR EGO IS WRITING CHECKS YOUR BODY CAN'T CASH. >> WITH TOM CRUISE BACK AT THE CONTROL, THE NEW "TOP GUN MAVERICK" TAPS INTO THAT NOSTALGIA WHILE FLYING INTO A NEW ERA. >> CONTINUATION OF THE STORY AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE KNOWN AND THEN IT'S THIS THROW BACK AGAIN TO MAKING YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WERE WHEN YOU WERE IN SIXTH GRADE OR EIGHTH GRADE. >> THE MUSIC COMES IN AND I WAS LIKE -- >> IT DROPS YOU RIGHT BACK INTO IT. >> DROPS YOU BACK IN. IT'S INCREDIBLE. >> WHEN THEY CALL YOU ABOUT THIS, DOES IT BLOW YOUR MIND TO CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY? >> IT WAS A NO BRAINER FOR ME. I WAS LIKE, ARE YOU KIDDING? YES. I DON'T CARE WHAT THE PART IS. I WOULD BE IN CRAP SERVICE ON THIS THING IF I COULD BUT, THEN I GOT LIKE A COOL CALL SIGN. >> YES. >> THEY PUT ME IN THE WARDROBE. I WAS LIKE, ARE YOU KIDDING ME? THIS IS AMAZING. >> YOU DO HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON. CYCLONE WAS FIRST IN HIS CLASS BACK IN '88. >> ACTUALLY, SIR, I FINISHED SECOND. JUST WANT TO MANAGE EXPECTATIONS. >> I'LL NEVER FORGET MY FIRST DAY ON SET. THERE'S TOM CRUISE. HE LOOKS AT ME, HEY, COMES UP, GIVES ME A BIG HUG. SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE. THIS HAS TO BE LIKE AN OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCE FOR YOU. YOU'RE IN THE SAME WARDROBE ON THE SAME SET AND IT'S 30 YEARS LATER. HE GOES, I FEEL LIKE I'M AT HOME. I'M LIKE OH, OF COURSE YOU DO. >> GOOD MORNING, AVIATORS. THIS IS YOUR CAPTAIN SPEAKING. >> IT'S A RARE THING TO BE LIKE IN THE PRESENCE OF A GUY LIKE THAT, THAT MOVIE STAR ENERGY. >> YES. >> IT'S INFECTIOUS AND FUN. >> AND A WILD THING TO BE SEEN OF SOMEBODY WHO WAS ON A POSTER IN YOUR CHILDHOOD. >> YEAH. EXACTLY. YOU PINCH YOURSELF. >> YOU GOT TO STAND SOLID GROUND FOR YOUR ROLE. >> YES, I DID. >> BUT MY GOD, SOME OF THESE FIGHTER PLANE SCENES AND TOM SAYS YOU HAVE TO TEST ALL OF THESE ACTORS AND MAKE SURE THEY CAN PULL 8 Gs. >> NO JOKE, THAT'S NO CGI. THAT'S REAL AND THOSE GUYS AND GIRLS ALL HAD TO GO THROUGH PRETTY MUCH FIGHTER PILOT TRAINING. THEY'RE IN G SUITS. THEY'RE EXPERIENCING G LOCK, LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS. IT'S EXCITING. YOUR PULSE IMMEDIATELY STARTS RAMPING UP WHEN YOU SEE IT. >> A LITTLE HIGHER. GREAT CAMERA POSITION. >> MUST HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A WAITING GAME BUILDING UP THIS ANTICIPATION. >> IT WAS MEANT TO COME OUT IN 2020. OBVIOUSLY THE WORLD, YOU KNOW, STOPPED. THE IDEA WAS THIS NEEDS TO BE SEEN BIG AND LOUD AND ON A BIG SCREEN AND BLOW YOUR HAIR BACK. >> HAMM HAS MORE NEWS FOR HIS MIDDLE SCHOOL SELF. AS HE NEXT PICKS UP THE ICONIC ROLE OF FLETCH. >> JOHN COX. >> BEAUTIFUL NAME. >> SCOTCH ROMANIAN. >> NAME'S LIDDY. >> THE HILARIOUS QUOTABLE CHARACTER FIRST PLAYED BY CHEVY CHASE IN THE 1985 MOVIE. >> I'M DON PERLIONE. >> HAMM PLAYS A NEW VERSION OF THE INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER IN THE UPCOMING FILM, "CONFESS, FLETCH." >> ARE YOU GOING TO IMITATION RUSSIA? >> NO, YOU CAN'T. CHEVY'S CHEVY. THAT VERSION WILL ALWAYS BE HIS. WE APPROACHED IT LIKE A COVER SONG. YOU HAVE TO KIND OF COME UP WITH YOUR OWN SPIN ON IT. >> HAMM IS REUNITED WITH HIS "MADMAN" CO-STAR, JOHN FLATTERY. >> YOU WANTED TO SEE ME? >> ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO. >> DEBUTING 15 YEARS AGO THIS SUMMER, THE ACCLAIMED SERIES AND THAT BROODING CHARACTER MADE HAMM A HOUSEHOLD NAME. >> READY FOR ANOTHER OR HAVE YOU TOPPED OFF YOUR TANK? >> YOU'RE LEADING THIS DANCE. >> YOU'VE GOT SOME DISTANCE FROM IT. HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO PROCESS WHAT A WHIRLWIND THAT WAS, WHAT AN IMPACT IT HAD ON YOUR LIFE? >> YES. YEAH. FOR SURE. IT'S FUN TO LOOK BACK ON THAT SHOW AND BE REMINDED OF WHAT A GREAT THING WE MADE. >> WHEN WE LAND JAGUAR, THE WORLD WILL KNOW WE'VE ARRIVED. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THAT WAS 2007 WHEN IT STARTED. THE SHOW WAS GREAT, BUT THERE WAS NO GUARANTEE IT WAS GOING TO TAKE OFF. THE AMC PEOPLE WEREN'T SURE. >> WE DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WERE GOING TO MAKE IT SECOND EPISODE. THEN IT DEBUTED AND IT WAS A HIT. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WENT FOR SEVEN SEASONS. THAT'S -- THAT'S A SUCCESS THAT VERY FEW PEOPLE GET TO EXPERIENCE, AND I'M ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR IT. >> IT OBVIOUSLY CHANGED YOUR CAREER BUT IT CHANGED YOUR LIFE. >> IT WAS A CHANGE. CHANGED YOUR LIFE. IN THE OLD DAYS YOU SHAKE HANDS, MOVE ON. NOW IT'S A PICTURE. IT'S A LET'S DO. OF COURSE, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE RUDE, BUT THERE'S ALSO -- YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONLY SO MANY MINUTES IN THE DAY. >> AS YOU LOOK AT THE SORT OF FUTURE AND HORIZON OF YOUR CAREER, WHAT'S STILL OUT THERE THAT YOU WANT TO DO? >> I'VE BEEN SO LUCKY, I'D JUST LIKE TO KEEP MY HEAD ON A SWIVEL AND MY EYES OPEN AND BE AWARE WHEN THOSE OPPORTUNITIES COME MY WAY THAT I DON'T MISS THEM. >> "TOP GUN MAVERICK" IS ONLY IN THEATERS, NO STREAMING, FRIDAY, THE 7th. THANKS TO THE ROOFTOP AT THE
