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Oliver Stone Mourns ‘Iconoclast and Rebel’ Val Kilmer

When remembering Val Kilmer, who died Tuesday at the age of 65, director Oliver Stone reflects on the enigmatic actor's "contradictory" nature.

In his memoir I’m Your Huckleberry, Kilmer recalled, “The story to me was Jim’s glory and then his demise, the Greek fleet waiting to sail him into his fate, to die with rock & roll in one mighty catastrophe.” Elaborating on his approach, Kilmer explained, “Maybe, if I tried hard enough, I could break through and reflect his light, free his mind, and through some Bacchanalian surge of prowess, offer healing to myself, to Jim and everyone watching.” Frank Whaley, who played Doors guitarist Robby Krieger in the film, said in a separate tribute that “working with Val Kilmer and watching him transform himself into Jim Morrison was life-altering for me as an actor.”

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