Laura Dern in Jurassic World Dominion, Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick – 10 actors’ belated returns to iconic movie roles that we love

Hollywood is in the midst of a legacy sequel explosion, with the original casts of beloved films back for more action – even if that’s decades down the lineWe highlight 10 of our favourite returns, from Harrison Ford’s reprisals of his Star Wars and Blade Runner roles to Tom Cruise’s Top Gun sequel 36 years later

From Top Gun: Maverick to The Matrix: Resurrections, Hollywood is in the midst of a legacy sequel explosion. With blockbusters increasingly dependent upon existing IPs and brand recognition, what better way to find an audience than with the return of your original star?

Paul Newman bagged a long overdue Oscar when he revisited his iconic pool shark from 1961’s The Hustler in Martin Scorsese’s 1986 sequel, The Color of Money. But others have waited even longer.