“I didnt want the part.
I didnt care about the film.
The story didnt interest me,” the erstwhile Iceman writes.
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Wait until you see these jets.
They take your breath away."
“Tony Scotts British enthusiasm was the pick-me-up my ego craved,” Kilmer writes of the late filmmaker.
“Ultimately, he overwhelmed my disdain for the project with pure unadulterated positivity.
Every day he would exclaim, ‘This is incredible!
This is beyond belief.
You guys are going to be kings.'”
“Off set, the actors broke into two campsmine and Toms,” Kilmer writes.
While he and his costars partied nightly, Cruise “refrained from our revelry, with good reason.
He was up nights learning lines; he spent every waking hour perfecting his stunts.
His dedication was admirable.
Of course even more admirable is the fact that he achieved his goal.”
“He never did thank me for the Iceman-style bit.
(Uh, okay.)
“Tom was wearing his jacket, the original jacket from the first movie.
It was just very moving,” Kilmer said.
