‘An intellectual stuck to the Batman team’: Readers remember Val Kilmer genius | Val Kilmer

‘I have never forgotten unexpected courtesy’

In 2003, I worked as a dialogue coach at Oliver Stone’s Alexander. Val, Alexander’s father from Macedonian II. He was playing Philip. Oliver wanted the Macedonians to have Celtic accents, unlike the Greeks looking at the Macedonians, because the British were very often for the British neighbors. We were preparing in Morocco and when my 95 -year -old mother died, I had been working with Val with Irish accent for a while and I had to leave for a few days for the funeral. During my absence, he had to go home for a short time. When I returned, I opened my hotel room door to find her shaking with beautiful white roses. Well, he sent them before leaving, left the condolence note and both personal phone numbers, so I can always call if I needed someone. Such unexpected courtesy that I have never forgotten. Catherine Charlton, Voice Aries, St Leonards-On-Sea

‘Characterization does not allow us to look far’

Under the direction of Oliver Stone, Jim Morrison describes a career. Even though the film is over -blind, Kilmer has described the Mercurial, unstable and addictive nature of a closed artist since then. Very few actors can do this. We hated to destroy himself, but Val’s characterization wouldn’t let us look far. Bravo, Val Kilmer. Tom Leigh, Missouri, USA

‘Much more than the heart throb’

A serious actor with a wide range and depth. His favorite role is in Spartan, a magnificent David Mamet film. In this film, the Laconic acting method created wonders, left the audience to think, and predicted what the character knew, what he felt, and what his purpose was. I think it is a bit suitable for the entire acting career. Very secret, kill me again, Kiss Bang Bang and others kissed, giving great performances and much more than a heart. Gaspar Garção, Portalegre, Portugal

‘It was great like Jim Morrison’

Once I visited as a graduate of MFA, I met Val Kilmer in Art Basel Miami. As a potter, I returned to school after a career, so I could teach at the university level, so I was older than most of my classmates in the mid -20s. I went comfortably to say hello to him and they wondered how I could be so brazen. He was accompanied by an environment of his friends I didn’t know. I told him how much I enjoyed his acting, and lately I told him the simultaneousness of seeing him in Werner Herzog’s bad lieutenant: Detective Stevie Pruit New Orleans Call Harbor. He asked me how I loved it, and I told him that I wished to play a bigger role without thinking, that’s right. But I think he was proud of the role and seemed to be disappointed. Later, I quickly told him how bright I was as Jim Morrison, which he probably didn’t make it better. Stephen Hawks, Visual Artist, Brownsville, Texas, USA

‘An intellectual stuck to the Batman team’

In 2005, I was lucky enough to meet Val Kilmer at West End in London, through a beloved friend he had played twice in rings. He took me and a friend with two children for dinner the next evening. I remember reading London gossip columns about him – very loudly and funnyly on the table – he joked and was upset. Later, he and I will have breakfast in Wolsey in London (his favorite place for breakfast) and discussed everything from the role of the doors to time and place. Well, he was stuck in a Batman team – he didn’t really like to play a role. Sometimes, in his views on the world, he was very clear and strong about Hollywood, about art. Sometimes it was great for me, even if it caused problems. Jane Spencer, Film Producer, Zurich

‘Thunderheart is usually ignored’

Val Kilmer was probably an insignificant actor who would admit he had sabotaging his career as a bad reputation on the set. I remember him mainly for the role of domestic Americans based on a real story in Thunderheart, a very rare and powerful Hollywood treatment. It is usually ignored when examining your career. It is a difficult role as a FBI agent who is uncomfortable with the tribal roots. The Arrogant FBI detachment and the state of the tribes and the traditions of the traditions of the increasing empathy on an emotional rope, while the FBI is manipulated by the superiors. In some respects, the role has become a mirror of Kilmer’s own career and personal progress: the arrogant and confident young actor, who soon gained bad reputation after a prophecy, can think of a man who left his own celluloid monument behind his tragic finals during the tragic finals. Malcolm, Berlin

‘A wonderful depiction of Doc Holiday’

Although Doc Holiday has many major descriptions, Val Kilmer’s depiction in Tombstone has been a favorite in this house since the premiere of the film. The eerie, while watching slowly dying throughout the film, remains the most dangerous character on the screen. Christopher Dinnes, Austin, Texas, USA

‘Val Kilmer in Hamlet was a special treatment’

In the summer of 1988, Val Kilmer performed the role of Hamlet at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival in Boulder. The theater was an excellent Colorado summer night under a sky full of stars. We had friends from Ireland, so my husband had previously prepared an epic picnic to eat on the grass. We like to see Shakespeare’s stage in Boulder, but it was the most unusual that a cast includes an actor from the caliber of Val Kilmer. It was a special treatment for us. Here he was doing a regional production like a daily Joe. I didn’t take a hard breath. The next morning, the smallest (maybe five years old), a big Kilmer fan, was very eager to hear his hero. All of them are bright -eyed, asked about our experience: nasıl So how did you love the omlet? ” Since then, no family meeting was completed without pushing this family and when we saw Val Kilmer playing Hamlet in Boulder. Katy, Denver, Colorado, USA