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‘Real Genius’ Director Remembers ‘Charismatic, Energetic, and Funny’ Val Kilmer
Martha Coolidge, the director of cult hit 'Real Genius,' remembers the "charismatic, energetic, and funny" leading man Val Kilmer
Playing the role as a combination of Will Hunting meets Bluto Blutarsky, Kilmer infuses Knight, who leads a bunch of Caltech-esque science savants in the quest to perfect a chemical laser, with equal parts charm, brains, sex appeal and life of the party. For Coolidge, Kilmer’s intellect was matched only by an innate understanding of Knight’s compassion for Mitch (Gabriel Jarret), the young, socially awkward genius he takes under his wing. “Val understood the complicated inner workings of Chris’s character, and knew how devastating it was to have been fooled by the University’s dark program to develop top secret laser weapons for the CIA.”
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