"He had wild hair and he was barefoot, shirtless and wearing nothing but a pair of tight leather pants," the actress recalls ...

Val Kilmer never wanted to be in Top Gun. In fact, he did every damn thing he could to avoid it. Read on to learn more about why he did this.

HE was the prickly Hollywood playboy who charmed some of the world’s most beautiful stars – and drove producers to despair. Now, Val Kilmer, famed for his iconic performances in ...

PEOPLE's cover story looks at the iconic career and great loves of Hollywood rebel Val Kilmer, who lived by his own set of rules. 'He was always eccentric,' says one former director.

“I read the lines indifferently. And yet, amazingly, I was told I had the part," Kilmer recalled in his 2020 memoir of his audition Val Kilmer was not interested in playing Lt. Tom “Iceman ...

Val Kilmer was a black sheep in the film industry. He starred in films like “Top Gun,” “Batman” and “Tombstone.” Though directors and producers labeled him difficult to work with in the late 1990s and ...

Val Kilmer's sudden death has impacted Hollywood in more ways ... "Bride of Chucky" actress, Jennifer Tilly, took to X to share a story about seeing Kilmer arrive for his audition for the movie "The ...

The Doors' Robby Krieger didn't think Val Kilmer looked like Jim Morrison when he was cast in the 1991 Oliver Stone-directed ...

Val Kilmer’s death has left many fans recalling his roles in the films Batman, Top Gun, and more. The actor died of pneumonia on April 1, 2025, at age 65, the New York Times reported.

Celebrities shared their tributes to Val Kilmer, the ‘Batman’ actor who died of pneumonia at the age of 65 on April 1 ...

Val Kilmer, who starred in a string of high-profile ... of Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone’s 1991 biopic The Doors. To audition for the film, the actor put together an eight-minute video, singing ...