Apr

21

Val Kilmer Committed So Hard to ‘Top Gun’ He Hallucinated His Character’s Ghost Dad

Listen: I'm begging you to read this Daily Beast excerpt from Val Kilmer's memoir I'm Your Huckleberry in full, and then I'm begging you to read the full book available now, and then I'm begging you to listen to the audiobook narrated, of course, by Will Forte. The chapter excerpted from the talented, eccentric actor's wild life tells the tales of his time shooting Top Gun with Tony Scott and Tom Cruise, and every single detail is wilder than the last. For example: Kilmer initially wanted nothing to do with the film. He found …