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Val Kilmer throat cancer - Good God, I had no idea!

posted 3 years ago by [deleted]
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I heard Val Kilmer over the last few years was ill, but I had no idea it was this bad!

I thought he looked ill in the movie as an actor, not just as a character, and so to eventually hear him speak hoarsely with much effort instead of typing his lines on a screen must've been overbearing for him as well as Tom Cruise, but he really gave it his all!

Val Kilmer really is a true acting professional to give some of his time to something like this. RESPECT!

[–] melissah1982 (883) 3 years ago

It was a shame when it happened. I wasn't a huge viewer of his movies but I loved him as Batman in Batman Forever. I get he had a reputation in Hollywood to be difficult to work with but no one deserves this and it's a shame. I am actually really glad he was able to work with the team to get that scene in there because it meant a lot and he deserved it. I do believe he had some IA assistance with his voice so what we saw on film may not been 100% accurate to how he is really talking now.

[–] aavfreak (3396) 3 years ago

Correct. It was computer generated voice from Sonantic.

[–] acidraindrop (3055) 3 years ago

I'm fine if people hate on Batman Forever, but I feel the same way about his performance there; I thought he was a great Batman and Bruce Wayne, and I think had the material not been dipping into camp, history would not have looked back on him there so unfavorably. It's definitely a shame what happened to him. Talented, versatile actor, and he's cool as hell.

[–] mikethemartian (6996) 3 years ago

Kilmer was amazing as Jim Morrison.

[–] melissah1982 (883) 3 years ago

I still haven't seen it but the he looked amazing in photos I've seen. There really is a list of 80s/90s movies I need to go visit. They were never my thing back then. But now that I am older, I'd love to go see all the things I've been missing

[–] tonganprince (614) 3 years ago

Watch his documentary on Amazon. Its very good.

[–] JakeSWITCH (504) 3 years ago

His documentary 'VAL' is on Amazon. It discusses his career and getting throat cancer.

They actually managed to replicate his voice for 'Top Gun: Maverick' using a computer simulation. Pretty incredible.