Miles Teller's wife made him shave 'Top Gun: Maverick' mustache 'immediately'

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Miles Teller's "Top Gun: Maverick" mustache no longer exists.

The 35-year-old actor revealed in a recent interview that wife Keleigh Sperry made him get rid of the ‘stache.

"My wife made me shave it immediately," Teller told People magazine.

Teller's facial hair ignited a trend, with many documenting their new mustaches on TikTok and other social media platforms.

Miles Teller's infamous "Top Gun: Maverick" mustache that inspired a social media trend is no longer. (Getty Images )

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"[I'm a] big fan of it," Teller told the outlet, referring to the new trend. "If it makes them more confident, then more power to them. ... But we'll see, maybe it'll be a good summer trend and then die out."

Teller previously hinted that a "Top Gun 3" could be in the works. 

While he could not confirm the news, he revealed he's spoken about it with Tom Cruise.

​​"That would be great, but that's all up to T.C.," Teller told "Entertainment Tonight." "It's all up to Tom.

Keleigh Sperry had Miles Teller shave his "Top Gun: Maverick" mustache "immediately" after filming. (Samir Hussein/WireImage)

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"I've been having some conversations with him about it. We'll see."

Teller joined the film with a handful of actors who appear in "Top Gun: Maverick" as a new class of pilots.

The "Top Gun" sequel reached $1 billion in worldwide box office earnings in its fifth week of release.

The movie marked Cruise's first $100 million opening of his career. The film earned an estimated $124 million in ticket sales in its first weekend, Paramount Pictures previously said.

Teller stars in "Top Gun: Maverick" alongside Tom Cruise. (Getty Images)

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Before "Maverick," his biggest domestic debut was in 2005 with Steven Spielberg’s "War of the Worlds," which bowed to $64 million. The next highest was "Mission: Impossible — Fallout" with $61 million in 2018.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.