{"id":74293,"date":"2025-05-14T16:53:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T20:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=74293"},"modified":"2025-05-31T16:54:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T20:54:40","slug":"tom-cruise-recently-reflected-on-his-time-sharing-the-screen-with-val-kilmer-in-top-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/tom-cruise-recently-reflected-on-his-time-sharing-the-screen-with-val-kilmer-in-top-gun\/74293\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Cruise recently reflected on his time sharing the screen with Val Kilmer in Top Gun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Val Kilmer was truly a beloved actor, admired by many \u2014 including Tom Cruise, who recently opened up about working with him on <em>Top Gun<\/em>. Cruise described their time together as an \u201cexhilarating\u201d experience and spoke warmly about Kilmer\u2019s thoughtful and committed approach to acting.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <em>Sight and Sound<\/em> magazine, Cruise, now 62, reflected on both the original <em>Top Gun<\/em> from 1986 and the 2022 sequel <em>Top Gun: Maverick<\/em>. He expressed how grateful he was that Kilmer agreed to be part of the film, especially since Kilmer was initially hesitant to join. According to Cruise, Kilmer was only supposed to have a smaller role, which made him reluctant.<\/p>\n<p>Cruise shared a funny behind-the-scenes story about how he and director Tony Scott really had to convince Kilmer to sign on. \u201cI was calling his agent, and Tony Scott was even chasing him in an elevator saying, \u2018Please, Val, please,\u2019\u201d Cruise recalled.<\/p>\n<p>Talking about Kilmer\u2019s performance, Cruise said Val was a remarkable actor with a magnetic presence. He nailed the role of Tom \u201cIceman\u201d Kazansky so perfectly that the story naturally had Maverick and Iceman becoming friends by the end. Cruise fondly remembered shooting scenes with Kilmer, including one where Kilmer\u2019s character does a memorable \u201cbite thing\u201d \u2014 moments that felt fresh in his mind even decades later.<\/p>\n<p>Though Kilmer\u2019s screen time in the original <em>Top Gun<\/em> was only about 10 minutes, Cruise said his impact on the film and everyone involved was huge and lasting.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, Val Kilmer passed away on April 1 at age 65 due to pneumonia. Meanwhile, Cruise is gearing up for the release of <em>Mission: Impossible \u2013 The Final Reckoning<\/em> on May 17, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s clear from Cruise\u2019s words just how much Kilmer meant to those who worked with him \u2014 a true talent and unforgettable presence in Hollywood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Val Kilmer was truly a beloved actor, admired by many \u2014 including Tom Cruise, who recently opened up about working\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":74294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[875],"class_list":["post-74293","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\/74293","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=74293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}