Reviewing the career of Val Kilmer forces us to stop at a good handful of iconic roles such as Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone’s ‘The Doors’, the Gay Perry in ‘Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang’, or the Simon Templar himself from the cinematic reinvention of ‘El Santo’. But among all of them stands out his iconic Tom “Iceman” Kazansky from Tony Scott’s timeless ‘Top Gun’.
An indispensable requirement
The announcement of the sequel to the 1986 feature film made many fans of the original dream of a new reunion between Iceman and his eternal not-so-rival Pete “Maverick” Mitchell. Well, through an interview with People magazine, producer Jerry Bruckheimer has made it clear that It was Tom Cruise himself who fought to bring Kilmer back, being almost an indispensable requirement to launch ‘Top Gun: Maverick’.
“[Tom Cruise] He said, ‘We have to have Val, we have to bring him back.’ We have to have him in the movie. ‘ He was the driving force. We all loved him, but Tom was very adamant that if he was going to do another ‘Top Gun’, Val had to be in it. “
Bruckheimer continued extolling the figure of the actor.
“He is a great actor, and he is a very good person. We had a great time in the first one and we wanted to get part of the band together again. It was a very emotional experience for all of us. It took a long time to get here, but it did. we have done”.
On the other hand, Jack Kilmer, Val’s son, has emphasized his father’s enthusiasm to put himself in Kazansky’s shoes again, and has counted the experience of visiting the set of ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ and discover yourself surrounded by “hundreds of real pilots” who, he was told, were inspired by Tony Scott’s film to shape his professional career.
“They honor Iceman’s legacy, and I was excited about it. [Los pilotos] They came up to us and told us that the first ‘Top Gun’ had inspired them to enlist in the Navy and Air Force. Then we had these huge bombers flying overhead. It was one of the proudest American moments you can think of, really. “
At the moment, Val Kilmer’s participation in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ is being carried out with maximum secrecy, so to know what Iceman’s return to the ring will consist of, we will have to wait for the premiere of the film, currently dated in on November 19, 2021. The desire to return to the “danger zone”, as Kenny Loggins sang, is tremendous.