Tom Cruise is honoring his “Top Gun” costar Val Kilmer.
Following the “Willow” actor’s demise on Tuesday at age 65 in Los Angeles, the “Mission Impossible” star, 62, led a second of silence in tribute throughout Cinema Con.
“I’d like to honor a dear friend of mine Val Kilmer for a moment,” Cruise, 62, stated, per ABC Information. “I can’t tell you how much I admire his work, how grateful and honored I was when he joined ‘Top Gun’ and came back later for ‘Top Gun: Maverick.’ I think it would be really nice if we could just have a moment together, because he loved movies, and he gave a lot to all of us. Just kind of think about all the wonderful times that we had with him.”
Cruise stepped on stage at Caesars Palace on the Colosseum to showcase his upcoming movie “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” on Thursday.
Earlier than he rolled the footage, the “Mummy” vet positioned his hand over his coronary heart as he took the group by way of the second of silence.
In a second photograph, Cruise clasped his palms collectively as he lowered his gaze to the bottom.
“I wish you well on the next journey,” he concluded.
Kilmer and Cruise starred within the 1986 movie “Top Gun” and its 2022 sequel, “Top Gun: Maverick” as Ice and Maverick, respectively. Cruise admitted that he obtained emotional earlier than the 2 reunited for the second movie.
“I just want to say that was pretty emotional. I’ve known Val for decades,” Cruise stated on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” in February 2023. “For him to come back and play that character … he’s such a powerful actor that he instantly became that character again. You’re looking at Iceman.”
He added: “I was crying, I was crying. I got emotional. He’s such a brilliant actor, I love his work.”
Different A-listers took a second to honor the late icon after information of his passing broke.
“I’m remembering Val Kilmer today with great admiration for him as a man and as a generational talent who left us an enviable legacy of indelible acting performances,” Jim Carrey stated in an announcement to The Put up on Wednesday.
“His greatest artistic achievements were rivaled only by the grace and courage with which he endured his life’s most challenging moments,” the 63-year-old continued. “Wishing his family so much love.”
Kilmer and Carrey starred in 1995’s “Batman Forever” with Kilmer enjoying Bruce Wayne/Batman whereas Carrey portrayed the villainous Riddler.
As a nod to the motion film, Kilmer donned a Batman masks in his closing Instagram submit earlier than his demise.
Actress Debi Mazar, who first labored with Kilmer in 1991 on “The Doors,” additionally paid tribute in a heartfelt Instagram submit.
“So sad to hear that Val Kilmer has passed,” the actress, 60, wrote alongside two black-and-white pictures of the fallen star. “I met Val in 1984, in a dilapidated van that had a door missing. We had just attended Vincent Gallo’s wedding to a girl named Denise(?) in NYC.”
“The van took a bunch of us to the wedding reception in Jamaica, Queens. Super fun memory of that day…Years later, I’d work with him in ‘The Doors’ & ‘Batman Forever,’” she continued. “He was so talented & interesting. I know he struggled over the years with his health, and was a fighter. My condolences to his family & loved ones. May he R.I.P.”
Rounding out the touching posts was Cher, who famously dated Kilmer from 1982 to 1984.
“VALUS,” the singer, 78, wrote on X, previously Twitter. “Will miss u, U Were Funny, crazy, pain in the ass, GREAT FRIEND, kids [loved] U.”
The late star’s daughter, Mercedes Kilmer, advised the New York Occasions that her father died from pneumonia. He was beforehand identified with throat most cancers in 2015. Kilmer underwent two tracheotomies that completely altered the sound of his voice, however he later recovered.
Together with the 33-year-old, Kilmer was additionally dad to son Jack, 29, with ex-wife Joanne Whalley, 63.
In 2020, he gushed about fatherhood throughout an interview with Individuals. “I am just madly, wildly entertained by them. My only gripe is that I never see them enough,” he stated on the time.
Kilmer’s closing public look was along with his daughter 5 years in the past on the annual Thespians Go Hollywood Gala at Avalon Hollywood.
