"But Joe Kosinski (the director) was like, 'Hey, if you have pitches for call signs, let me know.'" Ellis said they all fell in love with their given names. "I remember just going, 'I love Payback!

The names Pete Mitchell and Nick Bradshaw might mean very little to most, but when these two are called by their aviator call signs "Maverick" and "Goose," that all changes. Even though they're ...