Tom Cruise took some throughout his look at CinemaCon to pay tribute to his Prime Gun co-star Val Kilmer, who handed away on Wednesday.
The Batman Ceaselessly and Warmth actor died on Tuesday, April 1, 2025. Simply 65 years previous, the actor has publicly battled throat most cancers for a number of years and has been open about his well being struggles. His daughter confirmed that he handed away on account of pneumonia.
What did Tom Cruise say about Val Kilmer?
Throughout his look at CinemaCon for his upcoming Mission: Unattainable – The Last Reckoning (by way of Selection), Cruise requested the gang in attendance to affix him in a second of silence for his late co-star and good friend. Earlier than it, Cruise praised Kilmer as somebody who’s work he all the time admired, and the way honored he was to get to work with him.
“I’d prefer to honor an expensive good friend of mine, Val Kilmer,” Cruise stated. “I can’t let you know how a lot I love his work, how grateful and honored I used to be when he joined ‘Prime Gun’ and got here again later for ‘Prime Gun: Maverick.’ I feel it might be very nice if we may have a second collectively as a result of he cherished films and he gave so much to all of us. Simply sort of take into consideration all of the fantastic instances that we had with him.”
Following the second of silence, Cruise wished Kilmer nicely on his “subsequent journey.”
Cruise and Kilmer met whereas on set of the 1986 basic motion movie Top Gun, the place the pair performed rival fighter pilows Maverick and Iceman, respectively. The pair would go on to grow to be mates, and reunited for 2022’s Top Gun: Maverick, which might be Kilmer’s ultimate on-screen look. The actor was identified with throat most cancers in 2015, and misplaced most of his skill to talk in consequence.
(Supply: Variety)
