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Val Kilmer talked acting, fake coups and arrested bodyguards in 1997 interview

Filming 鈥淭he Saint鈥� in Moscow brought unexpected twists for Val Kilmer, including brushes with danger.

Val Kilmer talked acting, fake coups and arrested bodyguards in 1997 interview

Filming 鈥淭he Saint鈥� in Moscow brought unexpected twists for Val Kilmer, including brushes with danger.

You got no place to go. Val Kilmer always has somewhere unexpected to go from roles as Jim Morrison to Batman to Doc Holliday. Kilmer is *** chameleon, so the saint, top thief and master of disguise was almost typecasting. She's boring life. Yes, that's Kilmer. Yeah, that's *** very good example. Be careful of what you wish for. The character actually was constructed for *** different scene that got cut, but everyone liked him so much. He was so weird and friendly that he continued to live. The saint was shot in both London and Moscow. Getting the OK to use Red Square as *** location was *** coup in more ways than one. Treak, the bad guy in the story, his aunt called him and said, There's *** coup, there's *** coup because the Tanks were rolling by on the way to the location. There was an atmosphere of real danger in Moscow, but Kilmer got *** little extra something with his protection. They hired bodyguards for everybody and and to be involved in the goings to and from locations and uh. Two of my bodyguards got arrested when we arrived back in London for arms dealing, right? So I said, Well, what were they doing when, you know, in between taking me to work they were off, you know, whispering out of the side of their mouths. It's something about AK-47s. I don't know what it was that they sold, whatever it is that got arrested. At least you weren't along at the time. Look at. Yeah, it is the wild west there. One of the many ways in which the sink wasn't exactly *** glamorous experience. You're dripping wet, having come through *** rat-infested tunnel, and we're writing some love scene, you know, sitting freezing on the side of the road or getting warm in the trailer and, you know, it's *** lot of it's cold in Russia and I mean, isn't really glamorous glamorous. The
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Val Kilmer talked acting, fake coups and arrested bodyguards in 1997 interview

Filming 鈥淭he Saint鈥� in Moscow brought unexpected twists for Val Kilmer, including brushes with danger.

Val Kilmer, known for iconic performances like Jim Morrison, Batman and Doc Holliday, reflected on the thrilling and dangerous experience of filming "The Saint" in Moscow during a 1997 interview. The movie, known for its action and intrigue, involved shooting in iconic locations like Red Square. Kilmer shared that the production faced real-life tension in the city. Some people believed the tanks rolling through during the shoot were real and thought there was a coup.He even faced excitement in London when two of his bodyguards were arrested for arms dealing. 鈥淲hat were they doing in between taking me to work?鈥� he asked with a laugh. Watch the full interview in the video above.Val Kilmer died on April 1, 2025. He was 65.

Val Kilmer, known for iconic performances like Jim Morrison, Batman and Doc Holliday, reflected on the thrilling and dangerous experience of filming "The Saint" in Moscow during a 1997 interview.

The movie, known for its action and intrigue, involved shooting in iconic locations like Red Square. Kilmer shared that the production faced real-life tension in the city. Some people believed the tanks rolling through during the shoot were real and thought there was a coup.

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He even faced excitement in London when two of his bodyguards were arrested for arms dealing. 鈥淲hat were they doing in between taking me to work?鈥� he asked with a laugh.

Watch the full interview in the video above.

Val Kilmer died on April 1, 2025. He was 65.