“Top Gun: Maverick” actor Manny Jacinto is opening up about his surprisingly brief appearance in the film that prompted uproar and disappointment among fans at the time. Jacinto, who currently stars in the Disney+ “Star Wars” series “The Acolyte,” addressed the way in which his “Top Gun” character, Lt. Billy “Fritz” Avalone, was reduced to a few seconds on screen with no speaking lines. In an interview with GQ, Jacinto said despite his months of preparation for the film, his short appearance “wasn’t shocking to me.” “It kind of fuels you, because at the end of the day, Tom Cruise is writing stories for Tom Cruise,” Jacinto, who’s Filipino Canadian, told the outlet. “It’s up to us — Asian Americans, people of color — to be that [for ourselves]. We can’t wait for somebody else to do it. If we want bigger stories out there, we have to make them for ourselves.” When the film came out, Jacinto wasn’t the only one who noticed his lack of screen time. Fans took to social media to express...