After Top Gun: Maverick Returns, Val Kilmer shares his thoughts on playing Batman again

Having achieved Hollywood stardom through films such as true genius, best gun, Willow Yes tomb stoneVal Kilmer earned a particularly notable cinematic honor in the mid-1990s: being cast for the role of Batman. Kilmer was cast to succeed Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne in what he has become batman forever, which pitted Kilmer’s Hooded Crusader against Jim Carrey’s Riddler and Tommy Lee Jones’s Two-Face. While Kilmer’s time as Batman was a one-time affair, following his retaliation by Tom “Iceman” Kazansky in Top Gun: Maverickthe actor shared his thoughts on how to put the cape and hood back on.

In 2020, 25 years later batman foreverDuring the launch of Val Kilmer, he shared that he decided to stop playing Batman because he realized that it didn’t matter who wore the suit. A year later, Kilmer described Batman’s role as “so isolated,” but obviously he didn’t completely close the door on Batman’s return. The following exchange occurred when Kilmer sent an email Jim Vejvoda of IGN:

The era of the multiverse is upon us with superhero movies since last December Spider-Man: No homecoming joining Tom Holland’s Peter Parker with Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield’s versions of the same characters, for next year the flash bring back Michael Keaton’s Batman (sadly, we will never know what he did in the now discontinued bad girl). So now that the proverbial table is ready for the actors who played superheroes many years ago to reprise their roles, Val Kilmer will at least consider the possibility of a second appearance as Batman. Kilmer was the third actor to play the DC Comics superhero in a live movie, after Keaton and Adam West.

It is worth mentioning that due to his battle with throat cancer, Val Kilmer now speaks in a hoarse voice and often communicates with an electric larynx attached to his windpipe. So if he were to play Batman again, obviously he wouldn’t sound like he did batman forever. But that complication aside, it would be interesting to see Kilmer dressed again, whether he keeps quiet or says a few words. When he appears in the above Top Gun: MaverickKilmer communicated primarily via SMS as Iceman, but at the end of his emotional scene with Tom Cruise’s Maverick, he said a few lines and his voice was digitally edited for clarity.

Going back to the multiverse, while there may be a reality where Val Kilmer has stuck with the Batman movie series for at least one other voice, in our universe George Clooney has taken over. batman and robin. Given the negative critical reception received by the DC film and the number of times Clooney has apologized batman and robin In the years that followed, it is safe to say that Kilmer dodged a bullet by never wearing the suit again. Between Michael Keaton’s upcoming release as Batman and Ben Affleck reprising his version of the Dark Knight in both aquaman and the lost kingdom Yes the flashIn addition to Robert Pattinson’s Batman anchoring his corner of the DC Multiverse, we might be watching Batman Live for a while. However, if the opportunity arises for Kilmer to bring his Batman back for one final release, we’ll be sharing that news as part of our coverage of upcoming DC movies.

For those of you who want to see Val Kilmer on the big screen again, Top Gun: Maverick It is still being shown in theaters along with many other 2022 theatrical releases, but now the blockbuster can also be purchased on digital platforms.