Val Kilmer's Final Role: AI Recreates His Performance

0:00It's March 18th, let's get into entertainment and celebrity news. Val Kilmer is set for one last big screen role in the upcoming movie as Deep as the Grave. The Top Gun star passed away less than a year ago, but his family fully backs using artificial intelligence to recreate his performance. He signed on for the part as a Catholic priest with Native American spiritual ties five years before his death. His battle with Bro Cancer left him too sick to film on set. The film's writer and director, Kourte Vorhees, had always pictured Val in the lead role and designed it just for him. Mercedes Kilmer, Val's daughter, shared that the family seized this as honoring his deep spiritual side and love for new tech and storytelling. She noted he viewed tools like AI as ways to push creative boundaries. Vorhees explained the family's encouragement, gave him the push to go ahead, even knowing it might stir debate. Recasting never felt right since the story was built around Val's vision.

1:00This comes amid growing Hollywood talks on AI, like the digital Carrie Fisher scenes in the last Star Wars film after her death. Val himself embraced the tech earlier, using it to recreate his voice for Top Gun Maverick. This DNN story is thanks to our sponsor details in the description. Your favorite podcasts, music or sleep sounds coming from your pillow. No earbuds, no distractions, just listen and relax, S-O-L-I-S-O-L-P-L-O-D-A-I.