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Otago Daily Times
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Otago Daily Times
Obituary: Val Kilmer, actor
Val Kilmer films Kill Me Again in a casino in Las Vegas February 12, 1989 Las Vegas, Nevada . For some he was difficult to work with, for others he was a dedicated craftsman, but actor Val Kilmer was a performer everyone in Hollywood had an opinion on. A dedicated method actor, Kilmer's more extreme efforts at preparation included taking an ice bath before playing Doc Holliday's death from tuberculosis in Tombstone, wearing leather pants all the time and asking castmates and crew to only refer to him as "Jim" when playing Doors frontman Jim Morrison in The Doors. The Los Angeles native trained at Juilliard and quickly picked up theatre roles before making his film debut in 1984 spy spoof Top Secret! One of his more iconic roles — hotshot pilot Tom "Iceman" Kazansky opposite Tom Cruise in 1986's Top Gun — almost did not happen. Kilmer had turned the part down, but relented after the director promised his character would improve from the initial script. By the early 1990s, Kilmer had made a name for himself as a dashing leading man, but his career almost foundered on the rocks of 1995's Batman Forever — his sole turn as the Caped Crusader was much derided, something which the actor blamed on a suffocating Batsuit. Kilmer subsequently mixed arthouse and big box office films, as well as pursuing passion projects: Citizen Twain, a one-man stage show where he played author Samuel Clemens, was one notable example. A talented musician and published poet, Kilmer was also a visual artist. Val Kilmer died on April 1 aged 65. — APL/agencies
The Guardian
02-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Val Kilmer – a life in pictures
Val Kilmer arrives at the 56th Academy Awards in 1984, with Cher Photograph: William Nation/Sygma via Getty Images Real Genius, 1985, directed by Martha Coolidge Photograph: Allstar/Tristar Pictures Photograph: Paramount/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock Photograph: Moviestore collection/Alamy With Joanne Whalley in Kill Me Again, 1989, directed by John Dahl Photograph: Allstar/Propoganda Films As Jim Morrison in The Doors, 1991 Photograph: Moviestore collection/Alamy Kurt Russell, left, and Kilmer as Doc Holliday in Tombstone, 1993 Photograph: Everett Collection/REX With Chris O'Donnell in Batman Forever, 1995, directed by Joel Schumacher Photograph: Allstar/Warner Bros With Ashley Judd in Heat, 1995, directed by Michael Mann Photograph: Allstar/Warner Bros The Island of Dr Moreau, 1996 With Elisabeth Shue in The Saint, 1997 Photograph: Allstar/Paramount Photograph: Cine Text/Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar Photograph: REX/Shutterstock With Colin Farrell in Alexander, 2004, directed by Oliver Stone Photograph: Allstar/Warner Bros Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, 2005, directed by Shane Black Photograph: Allstar/Warner Bros On the set of Deja Vu with Denzel Washington and Adam Goldberg, directed by Tony Scott, 2006 Photograph: Robert Zuckerman/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images Director Werner Herzog, Val Kilmer and Nicolas Cage on location filming Bad Lieutenant, 2009 Photograph: Ronald Grant Twixt, 2011, directed by Francis Ford Coppola Photograph: Zoetrope/REX/Shutterstock The Lotus Community Workshop, part of The Fourth Dimension, 2012, directed by Harmony Korine Photograph: Album/Alamy Photograph: Everett/REX/Shutterstock Photograph: Universal/Jack English/Allstar Photograph: Octane Entertainment/Allstar
