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.

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 ...

Kilmer died from pneumonia at age 65 on April 1, according to his daughter Mercedes.

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 has been remembered as a true “eccentric ... special edition of the publication and recalled the actor’s audition for ‘Top Secret!’ He said: “He did an Elvis impersonation ...

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

Val Kilmer died of pneumonia, Fox News Digital has learned. The Los Angeles County Department of Health released the actor's death certificate Thursday. Secondary causes included acute hypoxemic ...

Val Kilmer’s cause of death has been revealed. The beloved actor, who passed away April 1 at 65, died from pneumonia. A death certificate issued by the Los Angeles County Department of Public ...