{"id":3252,"date":"2025-04-02T13:08:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T13:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=3252"},"modified":"2025-04-03T18:18:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T18:18:50","slug":"val-kilmers-truly-heartbreaking-words-about-robert-de-niro-and-al-pacino-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/02\/val-kilmers-truly-heartbreaking-words-about-robert-de-niro-and-al-pacino-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Val Kilmer\u2019s truly \u2018heartbreaking\u2019 words about Robert De Niro and Al Pacino revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Val Kilmer starred in Heat alongside Robert De Niro and Al Pacino (Picture: Moviestore\/REX\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fans have uncovered a truly \u2018heartbreaking\u2019 message that Val Kilmer<\/a> left reminiscing about his time working with Robert De Niro<\/a> and Al Pacino<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It was announced on Wednesday that the Top Gun and Batman star died at the age of 65<\/a>. <\/p>\n

His daughter Mercedes said Kilmer had died from pneumonia in a statement to the New York Times<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The legendary US actor <\/a>rose to fame after starring as Iceman in the 1986 Tom Cruise action film and later played Batman in 1995\u2019s Batman Forever.<\/p>\n

A host of top Hollywood actors have paid tribute to Kilmer, including No Country For Old Men star Josh Brolin and Josh Gad.<\/p>\n

But now, film fans have uncovered a \u2018truly amazing\u2019 post that the actor left on Reddit <\/a>from eight years ago, detailing his experience working on Michael Mann\u2019s Heat in 1995. <\/p>\n

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Heat provided Kilmer with one of his best roles (Picture: Moviestore\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After being asked by a fan what his experience was like working on Heat, Kilmer replied: \u2018Well imagine being able to say, “Al and Bob” for the rest of your life. <\/p>\n

\u2018Not many people can do that. I have seen Bob, giggling like a school girl in a van in the middle of the night, because we have to be quiet cause they are filming outside.<\/p>\n

\u2018I have been hugged by Al Pacino in the middle of downtown LA like he was my older brother. <\/p>\n

\u2018I have shot live rounds from high powered assault weapons over Bob’s head while rehearsing lines from our film. I got to kiss Ashley Judd. <\/p>\n

\u2018I sometimes lived at Michael Mann’s house. I am in one of the greatest cops and robbers films in film history, has to be in the top 20. <\/p>\n

\u2018I am on the poster for goodness sake. What an honor! Priceless experience. Watching ALL the actors do their thing. We all work hard but when you are with the icons, you get really squared away. Loved every minute of it.\u2019<\/p>\n

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De Niro and Al Pacino during the filming of Heat (Picture: THA\/REX\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Responding to the late actor\u2019s post, @Cleop4tr4hla said on X: \u2018Love this, will miss you forever Val Kilmer.\u2019<\/p>\n

Fellow X user @Michael38166809 wrote: \u2018Great post!! Sounds like he was as much a fan as the rest of us are! Heat defo Top 10! Class film.\u2019<\/p>\n

@GGdupre also added: \u2018What a quote! My favorite movie ever.\u2019<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, @dams40ish called him a \u2018class act\u2019 and said \u2018he\u2019ll be missed\u2019 with a heartbreak emoji.<\/p>\n

Following Kilmer\u2019s death, Heat director Mann also paid tribute to the actor by saying: \u2018While working with Val on Heat I always marvelled at the range, the brilliant variability within the powerful current of Val\u2019s possessing and expressing character. <\/p>\n

\u2018After so many years of Val battling disease and maintaining his spirit, this is tremendously sad news.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Kilmer passed away at the age of 65 from pneumonia (Picture: Lev Radin\/REX\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kilmer had been diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014, discussing his diagnosis and recovery in his 2020 memoir, I\u2019m Your Huckleberry and Amazon Prime Documentary Val.<\/p>\n

He underwent both radiotherapy and chemotherapy, as well as a tracheostomy, which damaged his vocal cords.<\/p>\n

Kilmer married Joan Whalley in 1988, who he met while working on the film Willow.<\/p>\n

The couple had two children \u2013 Jack and Mercedes \u2013 before divorcing in 1996.<\/p>\n

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Val Kilmer starred in Heat alongside Robert De Niro and Al Pacino (Picture: Moviestore\/REX\/Shutterstock) Fans have uncovered a truly \u2018heartbreaking\u2019 message that Val Kilmer left reminiscing about his time working with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. It was announced on Wednesday that the Top Gun and Batman star died at the age of 65. His daughter Mercedes said Kilmer had died from pneumonia in a statement to the New York Times. The legendary US actor rose to fame after … Continue reading “Val Kilmer\u2019s truly \u2018heartbreaking\u2019 words about Robert De Niro and Al Pacino revealed”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3252"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3252"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3259,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3252\/revisions\/3259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}