“Heightened reality”: Nicole Kidman on the most “over-the-top” performance of her career
In a celebrity-packed blockbuster.
Batman Forever
When Joel Schumacher called Tommy Lee Jones an asshole: “He was not kind”
“What happens on the set stays on the set.”
What made Tommy Lee Jones hate Jim Carrey?: “Rather inspiring in his boldness”
An exception to his well-liked by all reputation.
The classic movie Val Kilmer’s agent begged him to reject: “Financially, it makes no sense”
Naturally, Kilmer ignored his agent completely
The audition that turned Matt Damon into a honeytrap: “They just wanted him for a price”
Damon knew he was being used, but went along with it anyway
Ethan Hawke and the squandered Batman opportunity: “I wish I’d done it”
How different could Hawke’s career have been if he’d said yes.
The movie Val Kilmer regretted signing up for without reading the script: “Crushed by the reality”
This one saw Kilmer’s childhood dreams crushed into oblivion.
The real reason Val Kilmer only ever played Batman once: “Crushed by the reality”
“Whatever boyish excitement I had going in was crushed.”
The movie Jim Carrey regrets making: “In all good conscience, I cannot support that”
A change of heart in tragic circumstances.
Val Kilmer names the director he believed went “nutty”
The criticisms were nothing if not reciprocated.