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The Top Gun star who crashed to earth: He seduced some of Hollywood's great beauties. But Val Kilmer was also a 'psychotic' hellraiser loathed by directors: CHRISTOPHER STEVENS
Kilmer, who has died aged 65 from pneumonia, following a long battle with cancer, starred in a long list of blockbusters.
Kilmer, who has died aged 65 from pneumonia, following a painful battle with cancer, starred in a long list of blockbusters – including Top Gun opposite Tom Cruise, and Oliver Stone's psychedelic rock biopic The Doors, as singer Jim Morrison. When the actor appeared on the Oprah Winfrey show to promote his 1997 remake of The Saint, she asked him if the 'sweater story' was true – the rumour that, before he was able to tackle the role of the all-action sleuth Simon Templar, he demanded to be shown more than 1,000 polo-neck jumpers, searching for the ideal piece of knitwear that would enable him to inhabit the character. Most of the land was part of a ranch owned by cowboy star Roy Rogers, whose Cadillac gave Val his first glimpse of Hollywood glamour: 'Suede throughout with inlaid silver dollars, saddles for bucket seats, a Winchester rifle for a steering wheel and giant horns on the hood.'
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