Val Kilmer's daughter opens up about his 'challenging' throat cancer battle

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Val Kilmer's daughter, Mercedes, is thankful for every moment she gets to share with her dad since he battled throat cancer.

The "Top Gun" actor went public with his diagnosis in 2017 and underwent a tracheotomy that affected his speech. Now the 60-year-old is sharing the screen with his 28-year-old daughter in their new movie "Paydirt." "It’s pretty historic to have a lead with a speech disability," Mercedes told People magazine. "I hope that it heralds more doors opening like that in the future." The film marks the young actress' first time starring in a feature film.

She said she learned so much from scenes with her dad. "It’s obvious my dad’s speech is compromised and so this whole experience revealed the personal effort I had put into.