It’s Matherick! Carol Vorderman, 61, channels Tom Cruise’s titular hero in a khaki flight suit and aviator shades at Top Gun: Maverick premiere
Carol Vorderman took inspiration from Tom Cruise’s heroic fighter pilot for the UK premiere of Top Gun: Maverick at the Odeon Leicester Square cinema in London on Thursday.
The television star, 61, put on a busty display in a khaki jumpsuit zipped down to leave her décolletage on display, wearing a badge that read ‘Matherick’ above her left pocket to play on the name of the film and her talent for mathematics.
Former Countdown star Carol wore a chunky black belt to cinch in her waist as she confidently posed with her hand on her hip.
Looking the part: Carol Vorderman, 61, took inspiration from Tom Cruise’s heroic fighter pilot for the premiere of Top Gun: Maverick at the Odeon Leicester Square in London on Thursday
The numbers whizz wore a pair of black platform heels and shielded her eyes behind a pair of dark aviator sunglasses, at times hooking them over the top of her outfit.
She wore lashings of make-up to highlight her pretty facial features, opting for a dramatic dark look around her eyes.
The former I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! campmate accessorised with a gold necklace and a sparkling bracelet on her wrist.
Eye-catching: The television star, 61, put on a busty display in a khaki jumpsuit as she wore it zipped down to leave her décolletage on display at the Odeon Leicester Square cinema
Joking about: Wearing a badge that read ‘Matherick’ above her left pocket to play on the name of the film and her talent for mathematics
In style: Former Countdown regular Carol wore a chunky black belt to cinch in her waist as she confidently posed
The media personality carried a black clutch purse with her for the evening and struck a number of poses before heading inside.
Earlier, Carol took to her Instagram Stories to pose for some snaps in the corridor of her hotel before setting off.
Carol, who got her pilot’s licence back in 2014, revealed her outfit choice in an Instagram post on Thursday as she shared a snap of herself in the ensemble.
Completing the look: The numbers whizz wore a pair of black platform heels and shielded her eyes behind a pair of dark aviator sunglasses, at times hooking them over the top of her outfit
The star, who wanted to be a fighter pilot as a child, also shared an array of snaps of herself flying her twin-engine plane Mildred on her grid and Instagram Stories as she gushed about her love for aviation in a caption.
One picture showed her standing on the wing of a plane after landing in Austria, while another snap saw her grinning in a green flight suit as she posed next to a plane.
As she reflected back on her flights, Carol also expressed her love for aviation in a lengthy caption on her Instagram grid, as she admitted that she wanted to be a fighter pilot when she was a child.
In the detail: The former I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! campmate accessorised with a gold necklace and a sparkling bracelet on her wrist
But Carol explained that the Royal Air Force didn’t take female pilots at the time as she said the Top Gun: Maverick premiere was more ‘meaningful’ for her than just a movie.
She wrote: ‘Strictly speaking it should be a gown on the red carpet tonight but this is my little homage to the original Top Gun and to my passion for aviation…
‘You know the ONLY thing I ever wanted to be growing up and probably since….is a fighter pilot. I was born 20 years too early, they didn’t take women pilots in the military in my day but I got my licences in my 50s which closed a happy circle.
Glamour puss: She wore lashings of make-up to highlight her pretty facial features, opting for a dramatic dark look around her eyes
Glitterati: The media personality carried a black clutch purse with her for the evening and struck a number of poses before heading inside
Strike a pose: Earlier, Carol took to her Instagram Stories to pose for some snaps in the corridor of her hotel before setting off
Mellow yellow: The star gazed off out the window over the London skyline as she posed at her hotel
‘So tonight isn’t just a red carpet or a movie for me. It’s much more meaningful I guess. I feel the need….the need….to say thank you.’
In 2011, Carol booked a six-week course at a flight school in San Diego and bought a plane when she returned to the UK and continued her lessons, before getting her pilot’s licence in late 2014.
She added: ‘If I could go back in time, I’d tell that little girl staring up at the planes that it doesn’t matter if you’re a woman or a man, it doesn’t matter what people say, and it doesn’t matter if you’re 25 or 55.’
Aviation: Carol revealed she’d be wearing her flight suit to the London premiere of Top Gun: Maverick on Instagram earlier in the day
In 2014, Carol became Ambassador for the RAF Air Cadets and was the first woman to be appointed as an Honorary Group Captain.
Her latest Instagram post comes after Carol shared a fun throwback snap with Top Gun: Maverick star Tom Cruise ahead of the premiere on Thursday.
She wrote ‘MAVERICK and MATH-ERICK.
‘PIC from a fair few years ago. We were racing cars at @goodwoodrrc having the best best time.
Premiere: The former Countdown maths whizz said she’d opt to wear a flight suit to the event in Leicester Square instead of a ballgown as a homage to the original Top Gun film
Exciting: Carol, who got her pilot’s licence back in 2014, shared an array of snaps of herself taking to the skies on her Instagram, including one of her in a Chinook helicopter
Snow: One picture showed her standing on the wing of a plane after landing in Austria in icy conditions
‘I’m back to racing soon I hope. Have added rally driving to my list of MUST DOs as well. Life’s too short not to.
‘Off to the @topgunmovie premiere tomorrow night…. I feel the need….the need for…..’
Top Gun: Maverick is the sequel to Tony Scott’s classic 1986 blockbuster Top Gun and it has been unanimously praised in early reviews with one even declaring that it ‘improves upon the original in every conceivable way.’
Honoured: In 2014, Carol became Ambassador for the RAF Air Cadets and was the first woman to be appointed as an Honorary Group Captain
Star Tom Cruise, 59, who plays Pete “Maverick” Mitchell and is famous for doing his own stunts, is said to have trained to withstand G-force power and actually flew in real fighter jets for the movie.
Peter Hoskin for the Daily Mail gave the film five stars, writing: ‘Whenever the film threatens to become too cosy, it shocks itself – and us – back into the present with another madly ambitious action sequence.’
Tom underwent a full Aviation Survival Training Curriculum before going up in the US Navy F-18, as did his co-stars. They worked up to the supersonic jets by going up in a succession of slower planes first over many months.
Stunning: Her latest Instagram post came after Carol shared a fun throwback snap with Top Gun: Maverick star Tom Cruise ahead of the premiere on Thursday
The official synopsis for the movie reads: ‘After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him.
‘When he finds himself training a detachment of TOPGUN graduates for a specialised mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick encounters Lt. Bradley Bradshaw (Teller), call sign: “Rooster,” the son of Maverick’s late friend and Radar Intercept Officer Lt. Nick Bradshaw, aka “Goose.”
‘Facing an uncertain future and confronting the ghosts of his past, Maverick is drawn into a confrontation with his own deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who will be chosen to fly it.’
Movie magic: Top Gun: Maverick is the sequel to Tony Scott’s classic 1986 blockbuster Top Gun and it has been unanimously praised in early reviews
The sequel is directed by Joseph Kosinski with a screenplay by Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie.
And is produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, David Ellison.
Also in the cast are Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Charles Parnell, Bashir Salahuddin, Monica Barbaro, Jay Ellis, Danny Ramirez, Greg Tarzan Davis with Ed Harris.
Top Gun: Maverick is soaring into UK cinemas on May 25 and May 27 in the US.
Flying high: The film shows Tom’s character Maverick flying supersonic jets on a dangerous secret mission – at ‘Mach 2 with his hair on fire,’ as Cruise puts it
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