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Val Kilmer reveals he didn’t want to be in ‘Top Gun’ but begged to be in reboot


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Val Kilmer reveals he didn’t want to be in ‘Top Gun’ but begged to be in reboot

By Will Lavin

 

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Val Kilmer and Tom Cruise on the set of 'Top Gun'. CREDIT: Paramount Pictures/Sunset Boulevard)

 

Val Kilmer has revealed that he didn’t initially want to appear in the first Top Gun movie but begged to be in the upcoming reboot.

 

The actor played Tom “Iceman” Kazansky in the 1986 movie alongside Tom Cruise, but in his new memoir, I’m Your Huckleberry, he admits: “I didn’t want the part. I didn’t care about the film. The story didn’t interest me.

 

“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.”

 

Kilmer said he even tried to self-sabotage the audition, by “looking like a fool or the goon.”

 

Full Story: https://www.nme.com/news/film/val-kilmer-reveals-he-didnt-want-to-be-in-top-gun-but-begged-to-appear-in-reboot-2652726

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He was supposedly one of the most difficult actors to work with, had a huge ego. I believe he can barely speak now due to a case of throat cancer.

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On 4/24/2020 at 5:43 PM, ukrules said:

What  load of bolocks, the guy was pretty much an unknown 'wannabe' back then, he would have taken any role offered.

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