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u/izolablue 3d ago
This was my favorite role of his. RIP, good man.
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u/Poesoe 3d ago
Jennifer Tilly had a great memory from the audition call for The Doors:
Tilly wrote that when she auditioned for The Doors, it was “kind of a cattle call” as producers "paired potential Jims with potential Pamelas,” a reference to casting for Morrison and his girlfriend Pamela Courson.
“They were running behind so we were spilling out of the casting office, sitting on the porch, the lawn, and the driveway,” Tilly wrote. “All of a sudden, a sixties convertible came screeching up, blaring Doors music at top volume. And a guy jumped out and strode inside: He had wild hair and he was barefoot, shirtless, and wearing nothing but a pair of tight leather pants.”
“We all looked at each other like… Who is this guy?” she continued. “We were more than a little shook by the sheer audacity of his entrance. Well of course it was Val Kilmer and from that minute on, nobody else stood a chance.”
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u/ancienttree4567 3d ago
Tilly’s memory of it just highlights how much of a force he was in making the character his own.
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u/huiroq 3d ago
Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison and Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury were both amazing. Good enough to make me forget I was watching actors
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u/PUTINS_PORN_ACCOUNT 3d ago
There was far too little pill-popping, cocaine, and dudes sucking each other off in the Queen movie
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u/UncleCornPone 3d ago
i was an extra on the doors movie and Val/Jim sprayed a bunch of beer at me on multiple takes. finally Val saunters over in character between takes after PA's wipe me down for like the 4th time and says, languidly "Hey man, sorry about he beer ya know..." I say, "uh, yeah, it's ok Jim" and he turns to walk away, then spins around and says, "ya know what, actually, I dont really care at all."
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u/OptimalWallaby8153 3d ago
Doors was peak Oliver Stone as well, nothing he's done since has been anywhere near as good
(although U-Turn was fucking awesome)
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u/Ophukk 3d ago
Natural Born Killers came out three years after The Doors, so I wouldn't say "nothing"...
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u/OptimalWallaby8153 2d ago
ehhhhhhh, nbk was just ok and hasn't exactly aged well - lightning rod film at the time, but less impressive over time
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u/Ophukk 2d ago
Here's where we agree to disagree.
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u/OptimalWallaby8153 2d ago
I mean, as a parody of the media circus it's good, but the media circus getting worse and worse making nbk's critique of it more and more accurate over time isn't necessarily a reflection of film quality, more a reflection of how we as a society continue to fail
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u/Ambitious-Concern-42 3d ago
Good yes. In tune yes. But don't tell me it can't be told from the real thing.
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u/buncharobots 3d ago
He also beat an actress on set and ruined her career. Why do y'all worship assholes who commit violence just because he can pretend to be someone else??
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u/Disastrous-Bet-8813 3d ago
I think also, Kilmer and his mates had a band when they were younger that performed Doors songs. The man knew the wheelhouse
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u/Sameshoedifferentday 3d ago
I remember being really annoyed that he was going to play Jim Morrison. I started that film thinking that there was no way he could do it. 10 minutes later I was hooked. That’s not the only time he’s done that, it was the same with Doc Holiday.
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u/Asleep-Goose-5768 3d ago
He was such an underrated actor. He really deserved an Oscar, he was amazing. RIP Val Kilmer.
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u/Any-External-6221 2d ago
His performance in this movie will always be the barometer for acting in biopics.
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u/VirginiaLuthier 3d ago
I heard he made a tape and got in a car with Stone and bet him he couldn't tell the difference....I think Val had his own Doors cover band
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u/Sandel494 2d ago
This morning it was 22 songs. Now 50...
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u/Easy__Captain 2d ago
The Doors have more then 22 songs
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u/Sandel494 2d ago
Yes, but was it necessary to learn ALL of them? Im just curios, what is the truth?
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u/Easy__Captain 2d ago
It's not "all of them" but, If you want to portray an artist, it's important to know their work, not just the hits, but their entire body of work. Know the artist's vocal intonations, different emotions, styles, and interests. I think it was essential to learn at least 50 songs by heart to truly embody the role and deliver the performance he did.
Thanks to that, we still talk about it today.
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u/Sandel494 2d ago
Im not questioning what he did, i just read different songs numbers on the net recently. My godness.
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