{"id":1491466,"date":"2022-05-25T11:14:39","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T15:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1491466"},"modified":"2022-05-25T11:14:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T15:14:44","slug":"val-kilmer-reprises-role-in-top-gun-even-though-he-can-no-longer-speak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/val-kilmer-reprises-role-in-top-gun-even-though-he-can-no-longer-speak\/","title":{"rendered":"Val Kilmer Reprises Role In \u2018Top Gun\u2019 \u2014 Even Though He Can No Longer Speak"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fval-kilmer-reprises-role-in-top-gun-even-though-he-can-no-longer-speak%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1491466&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>When \u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d premiered at the Cannes film festival in France last week, viewers gave the action movie a five-minute standing ovation.<\/p>\n<p>The movie, releasing nationwide in the U.S. on May 27, comes 36 years after the original and stars a few from the original cast, including Tom Cruise, who won the coveted Palme d\u2019Or at Cannes.<\/p>\n<p>The original focused on U.S. Naval Aviator Lt. Pete \u201cMaverick\u201d Mitchell (Cruise) and Lt. Tom \u201cIceman\u201d Kazansky (Val Kilmer), one of Top Gun\u2019s students and Maverick\u2019s rival-turned-wingman.<\/p>\n<p>But many things have happened since 1986. In a sad twist, Kilmer, now 62, can no longer speak as his voice was lost after a tracheotomy in 2014 following a throat cancer diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p>Then again, it is the 21st century and the filmmakers wanted to make sure to include Kilmer, so they found a high-tech way to work around the fact that he can\u2019t speak.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA British artificial intelligence (AI) company has recreated the actor\u2019s voice \u2013 with amazingly realistic results,\u201d the Daily Mail <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-10850369\/Val-Kilmers-daughter-Mercedes-says-fathers-Gun-Maverick-cameo-special-moment.html\">reported<\/a>. \u201cLondon-based firm Sonantic used his voice recordings from throughout his career, which were fed to their AI to create the lifelike yet artificial mock-up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new technology means Kilmer may be able to star in other movies and regain his voice in his personal life, too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFilm producers could potentially use the tool \u2013 described as \u2018Photoshop for voice\u2019 \u2013 for voiceovers if they have a role in mind that would be suited to Val\u2019s tones. Val himself is also able to use the AI tool in his personal life, to help him communicate, rather than relying on a voice box to speak,\u201d the U.K. paper said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m grateful to the entire team at Sonantic who masterfully restored my voice in a way I\u2019ve never imagined possible,\u201d Kilmer said.<\/p>\n<p>Cruise and Kilmer starred in a scene that Kilmer\u2019s daughter said was \u201cextraordinary,\u201d the New York Post <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/05\/21\/val-kilmers-daughter-says-watching-dad-film-maverick-was-extraordinary\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the poignant scene, filmed in front of a small group of crew and family, the former hotshots touchingly reunite in the office of Iceman, who\u2019s now a commander in the US Navy. The affection we see on the stars\u2019 faces, sources say, didn\u2019t take much acting from either man,\u201d the Post reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was on set, I saw it live and it was extraordinary,\u201d Kilmer\u2019s daughter, singer and actor Mercedes Kilmer, 30, told the Post. \u201cIt means a lot to my dad as he\u2019s very proud of that film. This is what he loves to do. It was trippy, and very special for my dad to be on set with all of his friends who made this movie when they were my age.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When \u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d premiered at the Cannes film festival in France last week, viewers gave the action movie a five-minute standing ovation. 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