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\/>\n <span class=\"divider\">|<\/span><br \/>\n Updated <time datetime=\"2025-04-02T05:41:54-07:00\">April 2, 2025 5:41 AM PDT<\/time>\n <\/p>\n<\/header>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\" readability=\"40.0542340628\">\n<section id=\"cb-e5b074e2568c8e6edc4ded126c47dd38\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250402_f578195805f642d2bca693a22139396d\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:9e86b4de-58b3-400b-894b-7633ce054f75\" data-context=\"{"section":"permalink","name":"image"}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"actor\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/f5\/4by3\/2025\/04\/02\/f578195805f642d2bca693a22139396d_md.jpg\" alt=\"Val Kilmer getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n <\/div>\n<p> <\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4fc1c7276587e6d31248db4297fdbc20\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{"section":"permalink","name":"text_block"}\" readability=\"23.3043478261\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/val-kilmer\/\"><strong>Val Kilmer<\/strong><\/a>‘s<strong> <\/strong>unexpected passing is sending shockwaves through Hollywood … with tons of stars reacting to the loss after the actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/04\/01\/val-kilmer-dead-dies-cancer-throat-tumor\/\"><strong>died of pneumonia<\/strong><\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2474b8d9307ae936abc9c46fb93e799d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{"section":"permalink","name":"text_block"}\" readability=\"30.1673819742\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/francis-ford-coppola\/\"><strong>Francis Ford Coppola<\/strong><\/a>, who directed Kilmer in the 2011 horror-mystery film “Twixt,” praised the actor in an Instagram tribute, calling VK a natural talent that “only grew greater throughout his life,” alongside a photo of them on set.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c4334000cecf5974b53334589394b305\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250402_53c84942d7254cd7acb8be920a4ddd8a\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:9e86b4de-58b3-400b-894b-7633ce054f75\" data-context=\"{"section":"permalink","name":"image"}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/53\/4by3\/2025\/04\/02\/53c84942d7254cd7acb8be920a4ddd8a_md.jpg\" alt=\"jennifer tilly val kilmer x 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n <\/div>\n<p> <\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5ac5379b45e8e89a401bb7f99b9f821c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{"section":"permalink","name":"text_block"}\" readability=\"30.5956112853\">\n<p>One of Kilmer’s most iconic roles was playing <strong>Jim Morrison<\/strong> in “The Doors” … and “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/jennifer-tilly\/\"><strong>Jennifer Tilly<\/strong><\/a> recalls Kilmer pulling up to the casting call in a ’60s convertible, blaring the band’s music “at top volume.” She says in that moment, it was clear “nobody else stood a chance.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-871b74cbddc6093e6ee0716c49f08280\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250402_1a3b749d01fe41ac9f059d8510507e59\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:9e86b4de-58b3-400b-894b-7633ce054f75\" data-context=\"{"section":"permalink","name":"image"}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/1a\/4by3\/2025\/04\/02\/1a3b749d01fe41ac9f059d8510507e59_md.jpg\" alt=\"josh brolin val kilmer insta 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n <\/div>\n<p> <\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d507bf8ff8c126ffb7bbf5ef4f519f4a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{"section":"permalink","name":"text_block"}\" readability=\"31.6942446043\">\n<p>Actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/josh-brolin\/\"><strong>Josh Brolin<\/strong><\/a> is sharing a snap of him with Kilmer smiling together while posing in nature, writing … “You were a smart, challenging, brave, uber-creative firecracker. There’s not a lot left of those. I hope to see you up there in the heavens when I eventually get there.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-1c21be8ef80752216421de21242f3ba9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-instagram-media-block canvas-instagram-media-block-permalink canvas-instagram-media-block--default \" readability=\"-24\">\n<div id=\"cb-1c21be8ef80752216421de21242f3ba9-1794511054-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>Waiting for your permission to load the Instagram Media.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\" readability=\"7\">\n<p>\n View this post on Instagram<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2db4e6bca89ffb62b20ce06064f23d3d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{"section":"permalink","name":"text_block"}\" readability=\"32\">\n<p><strong>Michael Mann<\/strong>, who directed Kilmer in 1995\u2019s “Heat,” posted a throwback photo of the actor sitting on a bench and recalls marveling “at the range, the brilliant variability within the powerful current of Val\u2019s possessing and expressing character.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-737e4e0d0b8c43e34d42325ccbad5ee5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-2d8916ef-52f5-4ed7-9e46-1b3990e46323-714960832-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-2d8916ef-52f5-4ed7-9e46-1b3990e46323-714960832-play-btn\"><br \/>\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n <\/button><br \/>\n <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/80\/16by9\/2025\/04\/02\/80ac480b538046198e3bb31b91245dc2_md.jpg\" alt=\"040225_val_kilmer_last_time_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><br \/>\n <span class=\"media-video-swipe video-block__media-video-swipe\">July 2018<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-1e5c16067d85c6e35b7ddc192f678e42\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{"section":"permalink","name":"text_block"}\" readability=\"30.9718875502\">\n<p>“Frozen” star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/josh-gad\/\"><strong>Josh Gad<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>also posted a tribute to Kilmer on Instagram, sharing a photo of him as his “Top Gun” character, Tom “Iceman,” writing … “RIP Val Kilmer. Thank you for defining so many of the movies of my childhood. You truly were an icon.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-24c5ee02de23eadc338a4b54c9a3df6d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250402_713e4af8753b42f4949300f788c2dff0\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:9e86b4de-58b3-400b-894b-7633ce054f75\" data-context=\"{"section":"permalink","name":"image"}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/71\/4by3\/2025\/04\/02\/713e4af8753b42f4949300f788c2dff0_md.jpg\" alt=\"val kilmer celebs react getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n <\/div>\n<p> <\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-acf918d3f9570b3fd1edb1e5d95055dd\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{"section":"permalink","name":"text_block"}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>The official “Top Gun” account on X is also honoring Kilmer, writing … “Remembering Val Kilmer, whose indelible cinematic mark spanned genres and generations.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-694efcd26406478d4ed1b7da44bea4a6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{"section":"permalink","name":"text_block"}\" readability=\"24\">\n<p>Actors<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/jason-momoa\/\"><strong> Jason Momoa<\/strong><\/a>, <strong>Lauren Holly<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/nina-dobrev\/\"><strong>Nina Dobrev<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>and many more have also<strong> <\/strong>paid homage to the icon on social media.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section 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