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Working With Val (5)

Will Forte

Actor, MacGruber

 

 

 

"It was amazing. He was such a hero of mine growing up. I was such a fan of his from Real Genius and Top Secret, Top Gun and Tombstone. I was watching The Doors movie the other night and it was interesting to remember how I used to feel about him. Now, he’s a part of my life, which is so surreal. If I knew I’d act in a movie with Val Kilmer I’d drop dead. I still can’t believe he agreed to do the movie. We tricked a lot of people into being in the movie."

 


Steve Zahn

Actor, Commanche Moon

 

 

 

"Val Kilmer.  I'd heard he was the craziest mother- f--ker in the world.  I was frightened to death he was just going to throw me over a cliff. But he was the funniest dude, and I loved hanging with him. I was like, "How did you get this awesome rep?""

 


Mira Sorvino

Actress, At First Sight

 

 

"He's very creative.  Very improvisational.  He's always coming up with great ideas.  Very Natural.  Every take is different.  We have a really fun time."

 


Frank Whaley

Actor, The Doors

Writer/Director, Joe the King 

 

 

"People have said to me they think it's his, [Val, in Joe the King best work.   There was no money involved, of course.  He just did the part." 

Renny Harlin                            Director, Georgia and Mindhunters

"I love working with my friends like Samuel Jackson and Val Kilmer, and other people I know and have worked with before, but it’s not always feasible. It helps tremendously when you put a movie together that there is chemistry between the cast and crew, and between crew and cast, and most importantly trust. When it’s someone you have worked with before, that trust is already there. We know our weaknesses and our strengths and we can concentrate on other important aspects of the work. It’s no secret others think Val Kilmer is difficult to work with, but he is not with me. We have the trust and a common goal and we get on with the job."


Scott Duthie

Co-producer, Deep in the Heart

 

 

 

"Val is one of those rare actors who drove himself to the set and always got there on time. A real pleasure to work with."

 


Mace Nulfeld

Producer, The Saint

 

 

"Val and I met for the first time on our lot in London.  I've worked with great actors before and I was aware of Val's reputation, so I asked him, how does he see making this move.  He said to me, 'I do a lot of movies where they won't listen to my suggestions.'  I said that we will listen and he said, "That's all I want.' So he suggested how to create all these characters that Templar uses in the film.  They were not on the page, they were just scenes dealing with a man in disguise, but what that disguise was going to be, the particular accent and attitude along with body language, it was all coming from Val."

 

Bryan Beasley
Director, Writer,  Unconquered
 
"As an independent director, it was an honor to have an A-list actor like Val Kimer lend his talent to 'Unconquered; Allan Houser and the Legacy of One Apache Family'.
 

 

Mr. Kilmer took the film to that next level and in turn helped achieve the films end goal of maximum viewership. I will always be in debt to Mr. Kilmer for sharing his artistic expression with us and to lending it to this amazing little film."

 


Oliver Sacks

Writer, To See and Not See,                 which At First Sight is based

 

 

 

"I was very impressed by the way all of them, especially, Val, strudied the almost impossible task of trying to represent a blind man and then an agnosic man--someone who is able to see but is mentally blind and cannot decipher what he is seeing. 

 

Sometimes I was quite puzzled and a little miffed during filming when I would go up to talk to him and he wouldn't greet me.  I thought at first he was being supercillous but in fact it turned out he couldn't see me."

 


Tommy Lee Jones

Actor, Batman Forever

 

 

"At one point we were on a gimbal that was swerving and dipping in the air and I was supposed to kick him [Val] in the face.  I think on the third or fourth take, the helicopter zigged when it should have zagged and I popped him on the nose.  I was mortified but he was a perfect gentlemen."