Val Kilmer & Tom Cruise's 40-Year Friendship -- Why Val Didn't Want to Do 'Top Gun'

Val Kilmer and Tom Cruise played rivals in 1986's "Top Gun," but they were old friends to the very end. Tom and Val met in 1985 and were friends for 40 years. Cruise once told "Extra," "He's very special," adding, "His body of work and what he's created, he's created some iconic characters." In his Prime Video doc "Val," Kilmer confessed playing Maverick's nemesis Iceman wasn't something he ever wanted to do. Kilmer called the script "silly," but did it anyway because he was under contract with ...