And so the story about Val Kilmer went from being a story about where he went and turned into a story about someone who still believes that. And along with that, a belief that was instilled in me that no matter what, everything was going to be OK.Īnd in the last five years, I have really lost track of that. I had been raised in a house of tremendous religious observance beyond just kind of traditional Judaism, there was a lot of Kabbalistic mysticism. And the reason that that matters is because in the years since I had started asking to speak with him, a lot of things had changed and so had I. It turns out that Val Kilmer is a man of extraordinary faith. But by the time he finally agreed to speak with me earlier this year, I found a completely different story there. So I thought I was telling a story about where Val Kilmer was. All of a sudden, I realized it had been a really long time since I’d seen Val Kilmer on a big screen. taffy brodesser-aknerĪnd then one day he stopped showing up in movies. Well, I wish I could say that my interest in you was. He was Batman! archived recording (batman forever) 1 He starred as Jim Morrison in “The Doors.”

Let’s just say I was testing the bounds of reality. I don’t like you because you’re dangerous. “Top Gun.” archived recording (top gun) 1 What’s your problem, Kazansky? taffy brodesser-akner He was in - archived recording (top gun) 1 He was the quintessential blockbuster matinee movie idol of my youth. I have been trying to write a story about Val Kilmer for about five years. Hi, It’s Taffy Brodesser-Akner, and I’m a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine. Produced by Kelly Prime edited by Mike Benoist written by Taffy Brodesser-Akner and narrated by Julia Whelan Taffy Brodesser-Akner tells a story about how sometimes, in the end, everything is different but everything is good.

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