Val Kilmer RIP
 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/m...e=articleShare

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Val Kilmer, a homegrown Hollywood actor who tasted leading-man stardom as Jim Morrison and Batman, but whose protean gifts and elusive personality also made him a high-profile supporting player, has died at 65. <a href="https://t.co/wClC7VJS2S">https://t.co/wClC7VJS2S</a></p>&mdash; New York Times Music (@nytimesmusic) <a href="https://twitter.com/nytimesmusic/status/1907279244830355871?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 2, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Why Johnny Ringo. You look like someone just walked over your grave!

"Who played Batman and Jim Morrison."

WTF is that? Dude is Doc ****ing Holiday and Iceman.

Please be a April fools joke :(

Yeah, but that’s the only article i could find. Friend just texted and they were the only ones to confirm it.

Not a criticism of you. Just a mockery of somebody at the NY Times.

Damnit!!! RIP Val. I'll have to do some rewatches

That sucks. He was in some damned fine films. RIP

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That sucks.

Guy had an awfully tough go of things the last 10 years or so. Was always hopeful he'd finally come out the other side but that throat cancer seemed awfully aggressive.

Some great roles.

I’m going with Madmartigan and Real Genius guy.

Dang, looks like Pneumonia. That's too bad. RIP

RIP

I like you Clarence, always have, always will.

Anyone watch the Val doc. Good stuff of his battle and career.

Rip.

One of my favorites.

Just watched Felon last night.

Ugh. RIP, Val. Thank you for the cinematic memories through the years. He will always be Doc Holliday.

I'm very happy they were able to get him in to Top Gun: Maverick. His quick scene with Cruise was as good of a scene there was through that whole movie.

Tombstone has been one of my favorite movies since I was a kid. Might have been the first R rated movie i ever watched.

RIP to a real one.

RIP Val

RIP Bat Nipples

Top Secret was first thing I saw him in , assumed he was miscast in top gun as a serious actor lol.

I was not a fan of his movies but I thought he was great in Willow, Warwick Davis must be crushed, rest in peace Mr. Kilmer

That was George Clooney's Batman not Val's

No love for the movie Top Secret!

One of my favorite roles: Heat. Top 5 cops and robbers movie of all time.

RIP, Val

Oh no. Just terrible
RIP Val

Macgruber

I think my favorite Kilmer movies are Real Genius and Thunderheart. I think I'll watch at least one of them tomorrow in his honor.

Val Kilmer…. Very good actor. Top Gun was only his third feature after doing Top Secret and Real Genius. And not exactly a great movie to show off “range”, but I do recall wondering, is that the same dude who just made popcorn explode a house? And now he’s a prick with a flat top? Okay. Then he rolls in as Madmartigan, huge movie that didn’t do great. Sorta crushed any further Ron Howard/Lucas collaborations.

And then Oliver Stone got ahold of him…. The Doors could’ve been really good. There are great moments. Val is always good, but he was directed to end up looking like a dumbass. Jim Morrison died young, but he wasn’t exactly the drunken buffoon the way Stone made him out to be.

And around this time was when the rumors swirled about Val being a pain in the ass. I think many of those rumors are true. But he got that role in Tombstone…. Crushed it. Even if the movie isn’t completely accurate, everyone knows he owned that movie, and we all quote it…. “I’ll be your huckleberry…”. And many more…

He had a few more shows as top billing, most aren’t very noteworthy. His gift was as second fiddle, and there’s an art to that and when you’re good, you can own movies. His part in “Heat” clearly illustrates this.

The Batman role notwithstanding, he’s kinda spent 20 years in the wild. On good films, or just “big movies”, he’s 4th or 5th billed, usually a solid performance.

My ex worked on a movie about 18 years ago, and his ranch in NM was part of the set and also basecamp, etc…. He made good work of that ranch being part of many films. My ex said that yeah, he was around, and he was always kind, gracious and often times actors and select crew would hang in “the house” for after hours drinks, poker and just hanging out.

And then he got throat cancer. Career basically over. And he was always very weird about it. But goddammit if they didn’t do a Top Gun 2.

So many sequels and reboots in my life, some sequels just suck, no matter the timing, if it’s 2 years or in this case over 30 years. The movie isn’t great, but it’s one of the best, wholly formed long lost sequels that we didn’t need, didn’t want didn’t care about, until **** it. Top Gun 2, Maverick. People might laugh at me, but Cruise got that one scene with Kilmer. It’s a good scene. And it was the heart of the film. And you could tell Val and Cruise knew it. And it wasn’t forced. I mean, maybe sorta, but certainly no more forced than any movie where we see beloved characters from 40 years ago share the screen together in the same world again.

My dad died almost 3 years ago, and I loved that man. When I first watched the Top Gun sequel, I was just enjoying it and having fun with nostalgia until Val showed up, I caught a tear, and make fun of me if you want, but the end, with Lady GaGa singing, she built that swell, and I lost it…. Months of crying came out…. Thank god I didn’t see it in the theater!

God bless you Val, and RIP. You had a life…. And you were a good friend.

RIP

I'm your huckleberry

he stole the show in Tombstone

It's time to go pound some C unth

Dude was incredible. RIP

I actually liked one of his more recent films, Felon. But I am a sucker for prison movies.

In the family group text my family knows me for my Doc Holiday memes. One of my favorite characters and actor combos ever. RIP, this is sad. The 90's are going the way of the 80's.

Man. RIP. Such a great actor. So happy they got him that one great scene in Maverick.

So many great roles. MadMartigan in Willow might still be my favorite. He was also truly great as a pure comedic guy in stuff like Real Genius and Top Secret

I have Saurkraut in my lederhosen!

RIP

“How do we know he’s not Mel Torme?”

He has a really good doc on Amazon Prime called ‘VAL’. A lot of it is home videos from back in the day.

Val Kilmer. Dead at the age of who the **** cares.

RIP, way too young to go! Never was much of Batman fan but Tombstone and Top Gun were movies I enjoyed.

Chris Knight.

One of the best movies Abrahams and the Zucker brothers ever made and they made some classics.

Real Genius was a great flick.

Just really makes me sad.. Enjoyed so many of his movies.. When I saw him in Maverick it seemed like a goodbye to his fans..
RIP Val.. Thanks for the entertainment…

RIP

One of the most underrated comedies ever , Val made it better

American bad ass.

RIP

"Not me, I'm in muh prime"

RIP...an all time favorite actor

Very underrated movie.

Was glad he got to be in the sequel. RIP

While Willow was pretty corny, he was excellent in that one again as Madmartigan.

His role as Doc Holliday was legendary. But his portrayal of Jim Morrison in the Doors movie was also pretty dang amazing.

RIP to a ****ing legend. One of my favorite actors of all time.

I’ll also die on the hill that Batman Forever was a really fun movie. Argue with your mama!

Well dang. RIP
Was in many of my favorite movies: Real Genius, Top Secret, Top Gun, Tombstone, and Heat, to name a few. His portrayal of Mark Twain was said to be great.
Also, **** cancer.

It references him in the leading role in those movies, not that he wasn't great in other roles.

Tombstone was chockfull of talented actors.

Tombstone is such a favorite of mine. He was the man in that movie. RIP

It was fun and I loved it as a kid, but it was just such a goofy tone shift from the gothic, dreamlike Burton films. Pretty jarring. That said, Kilmer was a good cast for Batman. He probably belonged in a more serious movie.

He lived longer than I ever thought after that horrible diagnosis over a decade ago. RIP

Agreed on all accounts.

He pulled out a Bat credit card at one point lol completely ridiculous. Not to mention Jim Carrey’s Riddler being so over-the-top.

Chris Knight:
Have you ever seen a body like this before in your life?

David Decker:
She happens to be my daughter.

Chris Knight:
Oh. Then I guess you have.

Mitch:
The weirdest thing just happened to me.

Chris Knight:
Was it a dream where you were where you see yourself standing in sort of sun-god robes on a pyramid, with a thousand naked women screaming and throwing little pickles at you?

Mitch:
No...

Chris Knight:
Why, am I the only one who has that dream?

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You'll be missed Val. RIP.

I don't want to fly with you because you're unsafe.

#Icemanwasright

That's right.....Ice...Man...I am dangerous.


CHOMP

Chris Knight:
Hey Mitch try this.

Mitch:
(eats spoonful) What is it?

Chris Knight:
I don't know I found it in the lab

LMAO

I remember being a young man and watching that scene. Thought they were homosexuals. Lol

I'm not usually one who cares significantly on celebrity deaths, but this one sucks. Kilmer was one of the best at his craft. I always would say Val Kilmer was a top 5% actor, who had a tendency after 1995 to pick from the bottom 5% of scripts, but he seemingly gave his all in every film he was in. Phenomenal talent.

Did you suddenly find humor?

Very underrated career. He was really good in Heat.

Really sucks that cancer took a toll on him. He had so much left to give.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I still remember hearing people in the theater cry during this moment between Val Kilmer &amp; Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick. I’m so incredibly thankful Cruise insisted on this scene because this moment is forever. RIP, Iceman. <a href="https://t.co/qxoiEhz8wS">pic.twitter.com/qxoiEhz8wS</a></p>&mdash; Cinema Tweets (@CinemaTweets1) <a href="https://twitter.com/CinemaTweets1/status/1907290184024281528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 2, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I read today that he was apparently very difficult on the set. Even Marlo Brando complained about him evidently which is like the pot calling the kettle black.

That would explain why his career slowed down even before he got sick.

That's why Clooney did Batman and Robin. Schumacher hated him.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is another of his movies that gets overlooked that's really quite good.

Wonderland was really good too.

Yep! Great flick! And the start of Robert Downey Jr big Hollywood comeback. Him and Kilmer played so well off each other.

RIP, great actor.

One of my favorite scenes from Real Genius:

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I’m sorry but have you ever seen a body like this before in your life?!?!

She happens to be my daughter.

Oh well, then I guess you have.....

Kilmer: Look up the word idiot in the dictionary. Know what you’ll see?

Downey Jr.: …………. A picture of me?

Kilmer: NO. The definition of the word idiot, which you ****ing ARE!

Batman CC was Batman and Robin. Now THAT movie sucked ass.