Five lucky actors who narrowly missed out on career-killing roles
Losing work never felt so good.
Val Kilmer
The one movie Val Kilmer regretted turning down for the rest of his life: “I was just too shy”
“I had a crazy, crazy crush on her, so I would have done it for free.”
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.
The Val Kilmer movie that accidentally hired a serial killer: “We had cast a mass murderer”
A bit of an oversight.
The role Val Kilmer waited his entire life for: “It’s so gratifying to play a genius”
It was worth the wait.
Why the movie Val Kilmer wanted buried was only released for one day: “No money involved”
An unusual compromise.
What made Tommy Lee Jones hate Jim Carrey?: “Rather inspiring in his boldness”
An exception to his well-liked by all reputation.
