[MikelTackNailer]

Before you guys put him up for literal sainthood know Kilmer was notorious for being difficult for directors and other actors to work with. "The Island of Dr. Moreau" is usually the glaring example but the studio's replacing it's director, Kilmer freshly divorced and Marlon Brando's daughter having just died all combined into a major fustercluck. But still, when you've got John 'All Business' Frankenheimer trying to get it done you snap to it, not play the diva.

Some of that cost him good gigs down the line but Val seemed to put his art above money for the most part. I admire how he dealt with throat cancer and wouldn't let himself be regarded an invalid because of it - an experience I share with him. Godspeed.

[Macho MAGA Man]

I remember that. The story made headlines and the tabloids went into overdrive about it tainting Val’s career for a while.