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The Demise of Val Kilmer’s Career

posted a month ago by TMC-4 (20277)
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Val Kilmer was a rising star in the middle of the 90s. People knew him for leading roles in high-budget motion pictures, which earned him tens of millions of dollars. His future looked very bright.

After filming ‘The Ghost and the Darkness’, the actor got a proposition from Warner Studios to return to the role of Bruce Wayne in ‘Batman and Robin’. But after remembering his bad relations with Joel Schumacher, the director he constantly argued with while at the shooting sessions of ‘Batman Forever’, Val declined.

https://web.archive.org/web/20230612231023/https://lebeauleblog.com/2011/05/05/what-the-hell-happened-to-val-kilmer/

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[–] mikethemartian (6872) a month ago

I remember he also played The Saint in a movie about that time.

[–] DoctorThirteen (14440) a month ago

I remember that. I didn't like it.

[–] DoctorThirteen (14440) a month ago

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[–] AnthonySocksss (1115) a month ago

I think the bomb that was island of dr Moreau was the first crack in his armour. Then Red Planet basically shattered it.

[–] MickyMac (3207) 10 days ago

Dr Moreau and Red Planet aren't exactly films that are wildly talked about.

[–] AnthonySocksss (1115) 10 days ago

that’s why they’re called box office bombs

[–] MickyMac (3207) 10 days ago

Ones that were panned and haven't gained a cult following.

Kilmer has starred in films that nobody talks about since leaving Batman.

[–] AnthonySocksss (1115) 9 days ago

Aren’t career-ending bombs by their very nature not talked about much? Because no one went to see them. No one discusses Cutthroat Island either, which derailed Geena Davis’s stardom.

[–] sadpopcorn (1788) 24 days ago

He should have been a big star

[–] MickyMac (3207) 9 days ago

With him as Doc Holiday in Tombstone.

[–] moose245 (26) 10 days ago

I remember Red Planet not doing well, but I never realized it was the straw that broke Kilmer's back.

Seriously though, it sounds like he was very difficult to work with. With the major blockbusters he had earlier in his career, maybe it's better he faded into the shadows. That's especially so if he wasn't willing to work with his fellow actors and directors.