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Val Kilmer is the subject of the upcoming documentary тАЬValтАЭ, which features the actorтАЩs never-before-shared opinions of some of his most iconic film roles.
One of those is Iceman in тАЬTop GunтАЭ, a job that Kilmer said he was forced to do despite his reservations.
тАЬBelieve it or not, I didnтАЩt want to do тАШTop GunтАЩ at first,тАЭ says Kilmer in the doc, as reported by Page Six. тАЬI thought the script was silly, and I disliked warmongering in films. But I was under contract with the studio, so I didnтАЩt really have a choice.тАЭ
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According to Kilmer, the animosity between Iceman and Tom CruiseтАЩs Maverick wasnтАЩt just onscreen, which was by design.
тАЬI would purposely play up the rivalry between TomтАЩs character and mine offscreen as well,тАЭ Kilmer revealed. тАЬAnd what ended up happening is the actors, in true Method fashion, split into two distinct camps. You had Maverick and Goose on one side, Slider, Hollywood, Wolfman and me, Iceman, on the other.тАЭ
In the film, Kilmer details his ongoing frustration with his career, with тАЬBatman ForeverтАЭ representing a low point.
тАЬThe kind of acting that IтАЩm really interested in, I havenтАЩt done very much in movies,тАЭ he says, admitting he realized heтАЩd made a huge mistake the first time he put on the Batman costume.
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тАЬWhen youтАЩre in [the bat suit], you can barely move and people have to help you stand up and sit down. You also canтАЩt hear anything and after a while people stop talking to you. ItтАЩs very isolating,тАЭ he says
тАЬIt was a struggle for me to get a performance past the suit, and it was frustrating until I realized my performance was just to show up and stand where I was told to,тАЭ Kilmer adds.
тАЬValтАЭ premieres in theatres on July 23 and debuts on Amazon Prime Video on Friday, Aug. 6.
