Val Kilmer’s Best Roles Through the Years: 'Top Gun,' 'Tombstone' and More Scroll down to relive Kilmer’s best roles through the years: Sign up for Us Weekly's free, daily newsletter and never miss breaking news or exclusive stories about your favorite celebrities, TV shows and more! It’s a story about my life that is also not my life.” I’ve tried to see the world as one piece of life.
But I want to tell my story more than ever. I’m still recovering, and it is difficult to talk and to be understood. “I was recently diagnosed with throat cancer. “I’ve lived a magical life and I’ve captured quite a bit of it,” the Tombstone star said in the trailer for the film before detailing his cancer recovery. The actor has had a legendary career, which was explored in a self-titled documentary in July 2021 - produced by his children, Mercedes and Jack - and discussed his childhood, film experiences and throat cancer battle, which he first confirmed in 2017. As far as the film’s plot goes, I’m sworn to secrecy.” Forget the fact that 30 years had passed … I remembered it like it was yesterday,” the California native wrote in his book, which was published in April 2020. “As the Temptations sang, ‘Ain’t too proud to beg.’ I’d not only contact the producers but create heartrending scenes with Iceman. While it took considerable convincing for Kilmer to join the 1986 picture, he was more interested in reprising his role for a quick cameo in the 2022 sequel, Top Gun: Maverick. … I read the lines indifferently and yet, amazingly, I was told I had the part. “My agent, who also represented Tom Cruise, basically tortured me into at least meeting Tony Scott saying he was one of the hottest directors in town. The story didn’t interest me,” the actor wrote in his book I’m Your Huckleberry: A Memoir, noting that he barely tried during his audition. Because of this, Kilmer was initially hesitant to play Iceman in the popular Top Gun film. It was pretty awful.”įollowing notable roles in the likes of Tombstone, Heat and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, the actor quickly began choosing his future projects carefully based on his passions. I just lost my home like a million other people. “I was gambling with being able to maintain the status, and I would’ve won my gamble, except for 2008. “Fame wasn’t my priority, and I had it,” Kilmer told The New York Timesin May 2020, despite his lengthy list of movie credits. Truly iconic! Val Kilmer has had an illustrious acting career throughout his Hollywood tenure, with roles ranging from Batman in Batman Forever to the late Jim Morrison in the Doors biopic.
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