Tom Cruise has been speaking about Val Kilmer's performance in his final movie role as Iceman in Top Gun: Maverick, following the actor's death.

In the final years of his life, Val Kilmer spoke fairly bluntly about how he didn’t want to make one of his most famous movies: Top Gun. “I thought the script was silly, and I disliked warmongering in films,

The actor says "it was like time had not passed" when he and his late costar reunited for a pivotal scene in 2022's "Top Gun: Maverick."