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Did Iceman speak?

posted 2 years ago by JohnMatrix (718)
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I just saw Val Kilmer on ET tonight and his voice is so shot that I wonder if he spoke in the movie at all.

[–] Reaperscout (605) 2 years ago

Yep. He speaks in the movie. He bounces between typing his words on the computer for Maverick to see and actually speaking to Maverick.

[–] Techto (1295) 2 years ago

I read that Kilmer was happy with the job audio engineers had done recreating his voice so, at the very least, his natural voice was augmented in the film.

[–] JohnMatrix (718) 2 years ago

Interesting. Thanks for the input guys!

[–] Rorikon (17855) 2 years ago

Really? I thought it was his actual voice since he spoke slowly. Damn, guess his voice really is more or less gone.

[–] orangeflava (1858) 2 years ago

If you watch the documentary "Val" you can hear a clear difference. They adjusted and made it sound "movie tolerable" for his scene.

[–] ExTechOp (2770) 2 years ago

For a guy who can't speak and mainly communicates by typing and pointing, Kilmer projected a LOT of emotion and weight.

Part of it was Cruise's performance, too, showing us one of the few people in Maverick's world who get to see Pete Mitchell's vulnerability.