I'm not entirely sure that a video interview from July 2008 really counts as "vintage." It works today though because of Warwick Davis's comments on the (admittedly far-fetched) possibility of George Lucas getting the gang back together for a sequel. Still, Davis was more hopeful on the "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" red carpet about the "Willow" sequel possibilities than fellow star Val Kilmer was in the below video.
Which isn't to say that MTV's Josh Horowitz shied away from asking Mad Martigan about his "Willow" experiences. Kilmer hems and haws a bit, but he eventually dishes a rather interesting, and apparently documented, detail. In the actor's own words, "more little people got together," wink, wink towards the camera, "in 'Willow' than any time in history." Well... uhhh... wow Val. Neat bit of trivia there. Watch the clip; it's pretty hilarious.
Everyone’s got their pop culture fever dreams. Jimmy Fallon is on a one-man mission of awesome to stage a “Saved by the Bell” reunion. At MTV, we’ve been holding a candle—a candle flickering with magical goodness—for another go at George Lucas’ fantastical adventure story, “Willow.”
Why? Firstly, because Kelly Kapowski can still make a grown man weep. And secondly, because dragons, sorcerers and Val Kilmer are still cool after all these years. Really. We’ll leave “SbtB” to Fallon and his staff and instead concentrate on shamelessly drumming up support for more “Willow,” the 1988 film about a little person tasked with protecting a baby who, it is prophesied, will grow up to conquer an evil queen. Read more...
There are a lot of reasons to celebrate Val Kilmer: "Tombstone," "The Doors," "The Salton Sea," "Real Genius," "Willow." The list of goes on and on.
This is not one of those reasons.
"[I created] Mini-Me you know," Kilmer confessed to MTV News, revealing once and for all his own role in skyrocketing Verne Troyer to fame. "[I was] the genesis of Mini-Me."
Doubt if you want. Me? I believe it. And how could I not? The story is so strange and improbable that it absolutely has to be true.
"[On] 'Island of Dr. Moreau' I told Marlon Brando my plan to save my performance just in case there was a giant whole in the second half - I was going to strap the little man to my chest," Kilmer insisted, completely unaware, perhaps, of how terribly strange that plan sounds even in retrospect. "And, you know, you can't get around that visual. And then he [Brando] STOLE my little man!" Read more...
