Editing Val Kilmer (section)

===Reputation===
Kilmer had a reputation for being difficult to work with and having feuds with some of the actors with whom he worked, notably ''[[The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996 film)|The Island of Dr. Moreau]]'' co-star [[Marlon Brando]] and ''[[Red Planet (film)|Red Planet]]'' and ''[[Heat (1995 film)|Heat]]'' co-star [[Tom Sizemore]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Brew|first=Simon|title=14 Co-stars Who Really Didn't Get Along|date=September 27, 2013|publisher=[[Dennis Publishing]] |url= http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/co-stars/198892/14-co-stars-who-really-didnt-get-along|access-date=June 6, 2015|archive-date=June 7, 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150607040119/http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/co-stars/198892/14-co-stars-who-really-didnt-get-along|url-status=dead}}</ref> Kilmer's ''[[Tombstone (film)|Tombstone]]'' co-star, [[Michael Biehn]], said: "People ask me what it's like to work with Val Kilmer. I don't know. Never met him. Never shook his hand. I know Doc Holliday, but I don't know [Kilmer]."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Crouch |first1=Aaron |title= 'Everything Had to Go Right': What Happened to 'Terminator' Star Michael Biehn |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/terminator-what-happened-star-michael-biehn-1228634 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=August 2, 2019 |publisher=THR |access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref>

[[Richard Stanley (director)|Richard Stanley]], who directed Kilmer for three days in ''The Island of Dr. Moreau'' before being fired, recalled, "Val would arrive, and an argument would happen."<ref name="Ascher-Walsh-1996">{{Cite magazine |last=Ascher-Walsh |first=Rebecca |date=May 31, 1996 |title=Why Val Kilmer is the man Hollywood loves to hate |url=https://ew.com/article/1996/05/31/val-kilmer-makes-enemies-hollywood/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250201043838/https://ew.com/article/1996/05/31/val-kilmer-makes-enemies-hollywood/ |archive-date=February 1, 2025 |access-date=February 6, 2022 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> [[John Frankenheimer]], who replaced Stanley, said "I don't like Val Kilmer, I don't like his work ethic, and I don't want to be associated with him ever again." ''[[Batman Forever]]'' director [[Joel Schumacher]] called Kilmer "childish and impossible".<ref name="Ascher-Walsh-1996" />

When Kilmer's ''At First Sight'' co-star [[Mira Sorvino]] was asked about his reputation as "difficult to work with", she responded: "You know what, he was real easy to work with. I just hate furthering rumours about people being difficult, because it can do such enormous damage to their careers. My experience with him was nothing but positive. He was really professional and gentlemanly, and a terrific actor."<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Neal |first=Sean |date= November 23, 2011 |title=Mira Sorvino |url=https://www.avclub.com/mira-sorvino-1798228602 |website=[[The A.V. Club]]}}</ref> [[Kurt Russell]], Kilmer's co-star in ''Tombstone'' said of working with him: "If you're asking me if it was great working with Val Kilmer, who played Doc Holliday on ''Tombstone'', the answer is absolutely."<ref>{{cite web |last=Rockson |first=Gabrielle |date=April 2, 2025 |title=Kurt Russell Reveals He and Val Kilmer Exchanged These Dark Gifts After Filming 'Tombstone' in 2024 Interview |url=https://people.com/kurt-russell-reveals-dark-gifts-he-val-kilmer-exchanged-after-filming-tombstone-11707435 |website=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref> [[Drew Barrymore]], who costarred with Kilmer in ''Batman Forever'', said of her experience with the actor: "...Val Kilmer was so nice to me. He was so nurturing and kind and safe, which was a very important thing for me."<ref name="Barrymore">{{cite web |last=Oganesyan |first=Natalie |date=2025-04-07 |title=Drew Barrymore Fondly Remembers Val Kilmer: "So Nurturing And Kind And Safe" |url=https://deadline.com/2025/04/drew-barrymore-val-kilmer-batman-forever-1236362857/ |accessdate=April 7, 2025 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>

[[Hilarie Burton]], Kilmer's co-star in ''[[Bloodworth]]'', called him "the sweetest man" and said he cut a gratuitous sex scene between them in the film because "it didn't service the story or the character", instead changing it to a scene in which their characters are enjoying barbecued ribs. "I felt so safe and cared for by that man... He made the scene about us instead of using me as a prop. That one day at work rewired my brain. Val was kind to me. A thoughtful artist. I bought some of his paintings a few years back. I hope every young actor has a Val in their life. That movie was a magical experience," she said.<ref name="usmagazine">{{Cite web |date=April 8, 2025 |title=Stars React to Val Kilmer's Death at 65: Josh Brolin, Michael Mann, Jennifer Tilly and More |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/stars-react-to-val-kilmers-death-at-65/ |website=[[Us Weekly]]}}</ref> [[David Thewlis]], Kilmer's co-star in ''The Island of Dr. Moreau'' said of working with him; "I spent the most bizarre 5 months of my entire life with Val Kilmer, out in the Australian rainforest, on the ill fated Island of Dr Moreau. It was so spectacularly bleak and awful it was almost wonderful. Look it up sometime. As Val wrote in his final mail to me: 'What an incredible story we lived, you and I. One of the greatest.'"<ref name="Thewlis">{{Cite web |date=April 3, 2025 |title=David Thewlis remembers "awful" five months working with Val Kilmer on ill-fated 'The Island of Dr Moreau' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/film/david-thewlis-remembers-awful-five-months-working-with-val-kilmer-on-ill-fated-the-island-of-dr-moreau-3851709 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref>