Final week, Val Kilmer died on the age of 65. Along with credit like The Doorways, Prime Gun, Tombstone and Warmth, the actor was additionally well-known for his sole outing as Gotham Metropolis’s Caped Crusader in Batman Endlessly. Drew Barrymore was considered one of Kilmer’s co-stars on the 1995 flick, and as somebody who’s unironically a fan of Endlessly (okay, perhaps there’s a smidge of irony), it was touching listening to the actress speaking about her expertise working with him.
Kilmer got here up whereas The Drew Barrymore Present’s title host was talking with Kevin Bacon, who was plugging his TV sequence The Bondsman (which premiered only a few days in the past on the 2025 TV schedule) and in addition labored with Kilmer on a play referred to as The Slab Boys. The 2 briefly Bacon’s film Flatliners, which was directed by Joel Schumacher, who additionally helmed Batman Endlessly. That prompted Barrymore to say:
I used to be mates with Joel Schumacher, the director, who I considered this morning as a result of it was he and Val Kilmer that pulled me into Batman Endlessly. And Val Kilmer was so good to me. So nurturing and sort and protected, which was an important factor for me.
Drew Barrymore starred in Batman Endlessly, the “good” assistant for Tommy Lee Jones’ Two-Face, whereas Debi Mazar performed Spice, the “dangerous” assistant. Barrymore and Val Kilmer shared display screen time when Bruce met Sugar, who was posing as Edward Nygma’s date, a celebration that the person secretly often called The Riddler was internet hosting for the debut of his brainwave gadget referred to as The Field. Due to some trickery on Sugar’s half, Bruce’s thoughts was uncovered to the Field, permitting Riddler and Two-Face to later study that he was Batman.
After Barrymore recalled her expertise on Batman Endlessly, Kevin Bacon noticed that the protected surroundings she was speaking about was “in all probability not that widespread in these days,” to which she responded:
Yeah, I used to be like, ‘No person needs something from me, they need issues for me.’ Which I assumed was actually attention-grabbing.
Drew Barrymore’s touch upon Val Kilmer follows Jim Carrey’s, who performed Riddler in Batman Endlessly and referred to as the Batman actor a “generational expertise.” Exterior of the DC Comics area, Tom Cruise paid tribute to his Prime Gun costar throughout Paramount Footage’ presentation at CinemaCon, and Glen Powell, who met Kilmer whereas engaged on Prime Gun: Maverick, referred to as him “unimaginable.” So far as Batman goes, Kilmer described enjoying the position as “isolating,” and he left the character behind when he realized it didn’t matter who was sporting the cape and cowl.
In consequence, George Clooney took over enjoying Bruce Wayne for Batman & Robin, which… effectively, there’s a cause he retains apologizing for that efficiency. You possibly can stream these Batman motion pictures alongside many others, each live-action and animated, with a Max subscription.