Glen Powell Shares One Wild Aspect About The 'Blue Angels' Documentary That Made Him Appreciate His 'Top Gun' Experience Even More

Interview with Glen Powell

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00:00Well, I think that centrifuge that you're talking about, that sequence in the documentary is so cool

00:04and I think so effective because I don't think people really have a concept of what Gs are

00:09and what that is on your body.

00:11Obviously, during Top Gun, we had to figure out how to increase our G tolerance

00:16so we weren't passing out in the back of jets.

00:19But the crazy thing about the Blue Angels is because of the precision,

00:23because they're flying so close to each other at such crazy speeds,

00:27how a G suit works is it literally inflates and squeezes blood in your legs

00:34and keeps it in the top half of your body so you don't pass out.

00:37The Blue Angels do not have a G suit because it would affect how that stick moves

00:41and potentially harm other people when you're flying in that close proximity.

00:46So they have to learn how to endure more Gs than any other pilot and do it without that G suit,

00:52which is incredibly impressive.

00:53So what you're seeing in that centrifuge is them increasing those Gs essentially until they pass out

00:59and learning how to continue to push that limit so that we're never worried about those pilots G-locking

01:06when they're up there pulling off these maneuvers.

01:08But I totally agree.

01:09I think that's a really impressive part of this documentary because it's such a human part of it.

01:16You see what it feels like someone that you and I would know,

01:20just an ordinary person walking into this thing where you are like spun around like a washing machine

01:25until you pass out and you continue to do that because that's what these pilots have to do.

01:31You know, even when you hit perfection, you know there's a point past that,

01:35that there's always, you can always do better.

01:37And I think that's such a defining aspect of the blues.