Maverick Kilmer: Last News

Val Kilmer revealed some epic insight into the cast dynamic on the set of the 1986 action blockbuster “Top Gun.” The “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” star took a deep dive into the characteristics he said were prevalent while on set and explained a faction-type dichotomy where he was the leader of the “party boys” as film star Tom Cruise displayed “laser-like” focus on his way to becoming “greatest action hero in the history of film.” “We were the party boys,” Kilmer said about his group in his upcoming memoir, “I’m Your Huckleberry.” The star said the various attitudes on the set mirrored his in-film rivalry with Cruise, who played Maverick and Kilmer, now 60, portrayed Iceman.

Tom Cruise is looking back on an emotional reunion that occurred on set of “Top Gun: Maverick” between his character Maverick and Val Kilmer’s Iceman.

Zack Sharf It stands with good reason that if any scene made you cry in “Top Gun: Maverick,” it was the emotional reunion between Tom Cruise’s Maverick and Val Kilmer’s Iceman. Kilmer had not acted in years after losing the ability to speak due to undergoing throat cancer treatment in 2014. But the actor returned for an emotional scene in the blockbuster “Top Gun” sequel. Suffice to say, there wasn’t a dry eye in the house when Kilmer had his big screen reunion with Tom Cruise, 36 years after the original “Top Gun.” The moment was so powerful that not even Cruise could keep the tears in. “I just want to say that was pretty emotional. I’ve known Val for decades,” Cruise said during a recent appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” “For him to come back and play that character…he’s such a powerful actor, that he instantly became that character again…you’re looking at Iceman.”