{"id":66166,"date":"2025-04-03T04:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T08:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=66166"},"modified":"2025-04-13T04:07:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T08:07:13","slug":"tom-cruise-honors-his-late-friend-val-kilmer-with-a-heartfelt-tribute-at-cinemacon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/tom-cruise-honors-his-late-friend-val-kilmer-with-a-heartfelt-tribute-at-cinemacon\/66166\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Cruise honors his late friend Val Kilmer with a heartfelt tribute at CinemaCon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"125\" data-end=\"311\">As tributes continue to pour in from across the globe for Val Kilmer following his tragic death, his longtime friend and <em data-start=\"246\" data-end=\"255\">Top Gun<\/em> co-star, Tom Cruise, has shared his heartfelt respects.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"313\" data-end=\"625\">During the 2025 CinemaCon on April 3, Cruise took a brief pause from promoting his upcoming film <em data-start=\"410\" data-end=\"453\">Mission: Impossible \u2013 The Final Reckoning<\/em> to honor his late friend. Before diving into the details of the final <em data-start=\"524\" data-end=\"545\">Mission: Impossible<\/em> installment, Cruise addressed the audience with an emotional tribute to Kilmer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"627\" data-end=\"941\">According to <em data-start=\"640\" data-end=\"648\">People<\/em> magazine, Cruise expressed, \u201cI\u2019d like to take a moment before we get started today to honor a dear friend of mine, Val Kilmer. I can\u2019t tell you how much I admired his work and him as a human being\u2014how grateful and honored I was that he joined <em data-start=\"892\" data-end=\"901\">Top Gun<\/em> and came back for <em data-start=\"920\" data-end=\"939\">Top Gun: Maverick<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"943\" data-end=\"1227\">With a deep sense of reverence, Cruise asked the crowd to join him in remembering Kilmer. \u201cHe loved movies, and he gave a lot to all of us with his performances and his films,\u201d he continued. \u201cIf we could just all take a moment and think about all the wonderful times we had with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1229\" data-end=\"1435\">Following a respectful moment of silence, Cruise closed the tribute with a heartfelt farewell. \u201cThank you, Val. I wish you well on your next journey. Thank you all for doing that. I know he appreciates it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1437\" data-end=\"1811\">Cruise and Kilmer\u2019s collaboration in the 1986 <em data-start=\"1483\" data-end=\"1492\">Top Gun<\/em> cemented their status as one of Hollywood\u2019s most iconic on-screen rivalries, with their characters, Maverick (Cruise) and Iceman (Kilmer), becoming enduring symbols in cinematic history. Kilmer\u2019s portrayal of the cool-headed Iceman captured hearts, and his return in <em data-start=\"1760\" data-end=\"1779\">Top Gun: Maverick<\/em> further solidified his legacy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1813\" data-end=\"1958\">As <em data-start=\"1816\" data-end=\"1825\">Top Gun<\/em> remains beloved by fans worldwide, Kilmer\u2019s contribution to the film and his lasting impact on the industry will never be forgotten.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As tributes continue to pour in from across the globe for Val Kilmer following his tragic death, his longtime friend\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":66167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[875],"class_list":["post-66166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-tom-cruise"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}