Actor: Val Kilmer

Val Kilmer was the youngest person admitted to Juilliard’s drama division at the time, and brought that training to Top Gun, Willow and Batman Forever.

Tombstone is the performance that lasts. Doc Holliday is played as a dying man amusing himself, and Kilmer’s line readings in it are quoted constantly.

The Doors required him to sing every song himself, and surviving band members reportedly could not distinguish his vocals from Morrison’s. Throat cancer removed his voice in 2015, and Top Gun: Maverick used an AI reconstruction of it.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) film posterCorbin Bernsen

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

A small-time thief stumbles into an LA acting career and a noir investigation, with Robert Downey Jr. as narrator across the Christmas season. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is Shane Black's 2005 American neo-noir comedy depicting a small-time New York thief…

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