Kurt Russell reveals symbolic gift that Val Kilmer…
Actor Kurt Russell revealed that Val Kilmer purchased him an acre of land as they exchanged presents after wrapping up filming on their iconic western “Tombstone.”
Russell, who performed American lawman and people hero Wyatt Earp alongside Kilmer’s acclaimed portrayal of the dentist-turned-gunslinger Doc Holliday within the 1993 basic, stated he wished to get one thing for his co-star to show his appreciation.
“When you’re working with people, you’d get them, sometimes at the end of the show, you get them trade gifts,” Russell informed GQ final yr, including gift-giving between co-stars was a “mandatory” gesture.
Kurt Russell as Wyatt Earp and Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday within the 1993 film “Tombstone.” ©Buena Vista Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
He gifted his Kilmer a burial plot in Boothill Graveyard — the historic cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, the place some of essentially the most well-known figures of the Old West relaxation.
However, unbeknownst to Russell, Kilmer had additionally gotten him a gift.
“What Val had gotten me was an acre of land overlooking Boothill,” the actor stated.
Russell, 74, commented on the symbolic jest of each their presents.
“Doc Holliday was all about death, but Wyatt’s all about life,” he stated. “I guess that pretty much says it all.”
Russell stated he gifted Kilmer a burial plot in Boothill Graveyard — the historic cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, the place some of essentially the most well-known figures of the Old West relaxation. Moviestore/Shutterstock
Russell stated that Kilmer additionally bought him a gift, a plot of land overlooking Boothill. ©Buena Vista Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
The “Escape from New York” star was simple when requested what it was wish to have Kilmer as a co-star.
“If you’re asking me if it was great working with Val Kilmer… the answer is absolutely,” Russell stated.
Kilmer, who titled his memoir “I’m Your Huckleberry” after the notorious line he delivered as Doc Holliday in “Tombstone,” died Tuesday in Los Angeles after he succumbed to pneumonia, his daughter confirmed. He was 65.
His efficiency as Doc Holliday is remembered as one of his most acknowledged roles in his long and tenured profession in Hollywood.
Kilmer titled his memoir “I’m Your Huckleberry” after the notorious line he delivered as Doc Holliday in “Tombstone.” ©Buena Vista Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
Kilmer wrote in his memoir that he “entitled this tome I’m Your Huckleberry for many reasons. I like the unintentional echo of Huckleberry Finn, which is my favorite novel and features my favorite character. I also realize that the line that I, playing the diseased Doc Holliday, articulated has become iconic.”
He additionally famous that “I’m your huckleberry,” which is what his character tells Michael Biehn’s character Johnny Ringo in “Tombstone” earlier than capturing him useless, means, “I’m your man. You’ve met your match.”’
Kilmer wrote about what portraying the American West icon on the silver screen meant to him.
Val Kilmer and Kurt Russell on the ShoWest Paramount Pictures Luncheon in Las Vegas on March 6, 1997. Bei/Shutterstock
“The archetype of the gunslinger, played with a naturalism that only Brando could invoke, is ever present. I could never give up the chance to play such a character. That’s why when I had the chance to play Doc Holliday, I grabbed it,” he wrote.
“I saw Doc’s situation as dire. I also saw his action as defiance in the face of death. I loved him.”
He additionally wrote in regards to the pleasure of working alongside his castmates whereas filming.
“My castmates were wonderful—Kurt Russell as Wyatt Earp, and Sam Elliott and Bill Paxton as his brothers—and the experience was profound,” Kilmer wrote.
“I cherish the experience of working with Kurt, whom I love like a brother. When the Academy widens their awards to include something like the lifetime achievement award for Best, Most Unique, Lovely Person for Decades in a Row, if Kurt isn’t the first recipient, I’ll eat my Doc Holliday hat.”
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