It was during this period in his career that Kilmer earned a reputation for being difficult to work with. Kilmer followed this success by portraying other American legends in two of his next films: gunslinger Doc Holliday in Tombstone (1993) and the spirit of Elvis Presley in True Romance (1993). The film allowed the actor to show off another talent, as his own singing voice was recorded for the soundtrack. Films 'Top Gun,' 'The Doors'Īfter performing on stage in New York, in 1984, Val Kilmer made his film debut in the spy spoof Top Secret! After a string of supporting parts, including the roommate in Real Genius (1985) and "Iceman" in Top Gun (1986), he received his breakthrough role in 1991 as rock icon Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone's The Doors. He later attended the Hollywood Professional School and the Juilliard School in New York City, where he was the youngest student to be accepted to the drama division.
The son of an aerospace equipment distributor and real estate developer, Kilmer began acting in high school with friend Kevin Spacey. Val Edward Kilmer was born on December 31, 1959, in Los Angeles, California. After Batman Forever and a string of unmemorable films, he lent his voice to the animated film The Prince of Egypt and later starred in The Salton Sea.
After a string of supporting parts, including "Ice Man" in Top Gun, Kilmer received his breakthrough role in 1991 as rock icon Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone's The Doors. I don't how they come up with this style of acting but they seem to go 'Go to soap opera school.Born in 1959 in Los Angeles, California, Val Kilmer made his film debut in the spy spoof Top Secret! in 1984. Go count how many times I put my hands on my hips. "I tried to be like an actor on a soap opera. It was just so huge I think it made no difference what I was doing," Kilmer admitted. He said fellow Batman Forever actors Tommy Lee Jones, who played Two-Face, and Jim Carrey, who portrayed The Riddler, managed to deliver huge performances in their villainous roles. Kilmer elaborated further on his performance and likened playing Batman to acting in a soap opera, though he indicated that his co-stars were not as restricted by their costumes.
It was a struggle for me to get a performance past the suit, and it was frustrating until I realized that my role in the film was just to show up and stand where I was told to." "You also can't hear anything and after a while people stop talking to you, it's very isolating. "When you're in it, you can barely move and people have to help you stand up and sit down," he added.
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