Val Kilmer, who has been showcasing his extraordinary acting skills for many years, hit a snag after being diagnosed with throat cancer. The actor has been battling the disease since 2015, however, he only made a public statement about it in 2015. The actor recently appeared in a role in Top Gun Maverick (2022).
willowan upcoming Disney+ series is based on and will be a 1988 sequel Willow, where Val Kilmer starred as Madmartigan. Although it is apparently denied that Kilmer will reprise his role, many are hoping he will make a return.
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Willow showrunner hopes Val Kilmer will reprise his role as Madmartigan
Val Kilmer’s role as Madmartigan in willow was very popular with fans. Now, with news of a series set to play a sequel to Willow (1988), there have been talks about whether Kilmer would make a comeback. Kilmer’s recent appearance in 2022 Top Gun: Maverick has fans hoping the actor would reprise his role after Warwick Davis and Joanne Whally announced.
Showrunner Jonathan Kasdan mentioned that Madmartigan would have a major role in the series as the driving force behind the adventures. The series would focus on the younger generation, meaning Madmartigan and Queen Sorsha’s twin children, Kit and Airk, and their crew.
“Because we were telling a story that had so many young characters, and they were all searching for their identities, the search for Madmartigan and the question of what happened to him was central to the story we were telling. “, Kasdan explained. “We knew it would be woven into this [new] quest in a fundamental way, to see where he was and what he had become and what he had given up, especially for Ruby’s character, Kit, and for Dempsey’s character, Airk, in order to do good. This question follows the whole season.”
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Considering Van Kilmer was able to reprise his role as Admiral Tom ‘Iceman’ Kazansky in Top Gun: Maverick with the help of AI technology, fans were open to any hope that the Upright the actor could at least make an appearance in the upcoming series. When asked if Kilmer could make an appearance, Kasdan said:
“Madmartigan is still there,” adding again “I’ve had many conversations with everyone involved and we feel he’s there to be found, should the day come. I think Warwick and I would both love to see him take that sword back.
Given that the sequel series would show the story moving forward after a 20-year gap, fans would be excited to watch the younger generation of heroes fight in the shadow of their mentors.
The return of Val Kilmer in Top Gun: Maverick
Val Kilmer, who now has an electrical plug in his trachea to even speak, has had a glorious career, playing many roles during a long journey as an actor.
He made his debut in the film industry by landing a role in Top secret! (1984) where he played the role of a rock star. Kilmer was known to sing all of the songs in the film himself and later released an album in the name of his character Nick Rivers.
The actor’s stardom was achieved when he appeared in Superior gun alongside Tom Cruise who crossed a total of over $344 million worldwide. He was also cast as Madmartigan in willow where he met his future wife, co-star Joanne Whalley. Kilmer would then appear alongside his wife in Kill Me Again (1989).
After Michael Keaton retired from 1993 batman forever, the role was later assumed by Val Kilmer, who reportedly took on the role without knowing who the director was and without reading the script. Although the film was a box office success, Kilmer’s portrayal of Batman received mixed reviews.
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After two decades of incredible acting, during which the actor was even nominated for a Grammy Award, the actor was hospitalized with what was rumored to be a tumor. While Kilmer denied these rumours, later in 2017 he announced he was in remission. In December 2017, it was revealed that the Holy The actor had been through a “two-year battle with throat cancer” and “an operation on his trachea reduced his voice to a rasp and made him breathless”.
In 2020 Kilmer reported that he has been cancer free for four years now. The actor recently appeared in Top Gun: Maverick, where he reprized his role as Admiral Tom ‘Iceman’ Kazansky with the help of AI technology. Although denied by Kilmer, fans are still speculating if he would make a return to the Disney+ series willow like MadMartigan.
willow is set to debut with two episodes on November 30 on Disney+.
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