Tom Cruise emotionally paid tribute to his “Prime Gun” co-star Val Kilmer after the latter died from pneumonia earlier this week.
“I’d prefer to honor a pricey pal of mine, Val Kilmer,” the actor stated at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Thursday, per Selection.
“I can’t inform you how a lot I love his work, how grateful and honored I used to be when he joined ‘Prime Gun’ and got here again later for ‘Prime Gun: Maverick,’” he continued, referring to their 1986 and 2022 films, respectively.
“I believe it will be very nice if we might have a second collectively as a result of he beloved films and he gave quite a bit to all of us,” Cruise, 62, added.
“Simply form of take into consideration all of the great instances that we had with him.”
“I want you nicely on the subsequent journey,” he concluded.
Cruise, who portrayed Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, and Kilmer, who performed Tom “Iceman” Kazansky, met on the set of “Prime Gun” within the Eighties and reunited in 2022 for the second movie within the franchise.
Kilmer returned to work on “Prime Gun: Maverick” regardless of dropping his capacity to speak because of present process chemotherapy, radiation remedy and two tracheotomies after he was identified with throat most cancers in 2015.
The “Willow” Star, who was declared cancer-free in 2021, communicated within the film by the assistance of AI expertise.
Main as much as his loss of life, Kilmer continued to take care of unintended effects of his most cancers remedy and was reportedly bedridden for years.
The actor struggled with an absence of vitality and have become “frail,” based on TMZ.
He was hospitalized the week earlier than his passing and earlier this yr.
Kilmer’s daughter, Mercedes, confirmed he died at his Los Angeles dwelling on Tuesday. He was 65.
The next day, the 33-year-old and her mother, Joanne Whalley, have been noticed hugging outside her Los Angeles dwelling.
Kilmer and Whalley, who have been married from 1988 to 1996, share Mercedes and a son, Jack.
