Val Kilmer died: protagonist of films like “Top Secret!”, “Top Gun”, “Heat”, “Batman Forever” and more

Val kilmerthe actor who played Bruce Wayne in Batman Foreverpersonified a Jim Morrison in The Doors of Oliver Stone and accompanied to Tom Cruise in Top Gunamong other great papers, he died. He was 65 years old and had been fighting a throat cancer for several years.

His daughter, Mercedes Kilmer, confirmed the sad news to the New York Times that The actor died after fighting a pneumonia.

Val Kilmer’s extensive career

The actor had a solid career as the protagonist in the 80s and 90s, starring films how Top Secret!, Real Genius, Willow, Heat and The Saint.

His great leap as the protagonist came with his fascinating interpretation of Morrison in The Doors.

After his interpretation of El Rey Lagarto, Kilmer opted for co -star roles that steal scene in Tombstone, Thrue romance and Heat next to To the Pacino and Robert de Niro.

His next leading role arrived in Joel Schumacher Batman Foreverthat kilmer initially expected it to be a radical version of the iconic superhero. That attempt failed when Kilmer realized that he would spend a large part of the film behind a mask and wrapped in foam. “The trap was the suit”he said later about the experience.

The Saintin 1997, it was his next opportunity for a role in a franchise. It was a modest box office success, but finally did not generate sequelae.

After spending years away from the reflectors because of a throat cancer, Kilmer’s career had a moving end when he repeated his role as Iceman in Top Gun: Maverick (2022). His only scene with Tom Cruise It was shocking and gave an emotional turn to the movie.

In 2021, a documentary about his life was released, Val. His son lent his voice and the film used hundreds of video hours that he had recorded over the years, offering a revealing look at the sets in which he worked and showing the actor as an introspective thinker with an artist’s soul.