I took the part without even reading the script.' Yep, he was the perpetrator of the classic 'did not read the contract before signing it' trope. Posted: 6:27 am Val Kilmer has reflected on the challenges he faced on Batman Forever, particularly when suiting up to play DC's masked vigilante. As he said in the documentary about his acting career, 'Val,' 'By Hollywood standards Batman is the ultimate leading role and a dream come true. One can't blame Kilmer for trying, however. There's a reason Kilmer didn't return to the part. The actor whose stint as Bruce Wayne has had almost universally poor reception is Val Kilmer, who only played the role in one film, 'Batman Forever.' The film is overly goofy and quite bad, and Kilmer's performance doesn't exactly do much to save the poor script. Others, like Ben Affleck's DC Cinematic Universe run, are not as well looked upon. Some, like Christian Bale's 'The Dark Knight' trilogy and Adam West's ultra-cheesy television run, are remembered quite fondly.

Kilmer is set to play Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky opposite Tom Cruise's Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell in ' Top Gun: Maverick' in November 2021, a sequel that comes 35 years after the release of the original 'Top Gun.The various Batmen have had varied critical receptions. While fans will never see Kilmer return as Batman on the big screen, they will have the opportunity to see him reprise another one of the actor's legendary roles.

He included one scene in the documentary where he gives a vending machine-sized Batmobile to the then-young Jack, and in another more recent bit of video, Kilmer and Jack are dressed up as the Adam West and Burt Ward versions of Batman and Robin from the 1960s. Kilmer's love of the character clearly endured after his underwhelming experience of playing Batman. not necessarily play him in a movie,' Kilmer conveyed. Looking back on his actions in 'Val,' it was a quick decision Kilmer had come to regret: 'Whatever boyhood excitement I had was crushed by the reality of the Bat suit.

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