How Val Kilmer really felt about his ‘difficult’ reputation: “I guess, in a way, I’m lucky”
He rubbed a lot of people up the wrong way.
Joel Schumacher
Why Emilio Estevez regrets one of his most famous roles: “It’s not a great film”
The Brat Pack star wasn’t a fan.
From Stanley Kubrick to Alfred Hitchcock: 10 directors that actors hated working with
Massive egos make Hollywood nasty.
The movie that saved Demi Moore’s life: “I really feel like it was divine intervention”
A challenging trajectory.
The performance Michael Douglas called his greatest ever: “Yeah, let’s go for it”
It all started with the costume.
When Val Kilmer burned a cameraman with a lit cigarette: “The guy was upset, naturally”
Not cool, Val. Not cool at all.
The terrible movie Jon Bernthal absolutely adores: “I know probably no one else says that”
It reminds him of home.
The moment Anthony Hopkins refused to learn his lines: “I’m throwing these pages in the trash”
Hopkins wasn’t in the mood to entertain rewrites on this one.
The movie Val Kilmer abandoned despite a contractual obligation: “He sort of quit, we sort of fired him”
This one turned into a Mexican standoff between Kilmer and two movie studios.
The real reason Val Kilmer only ever played Batman once: “Crushed by the reality”
“Whatever boyish excitement I had going in was crushed.”
The director who called Val Kilmer a “psychologically disturbed human being”
“Childish and impossible…”
The movie Jim Carrey regrets making: “In all good conscience, I cannot support that”
A change of heart in tragic circumstances.