Val Kilmer’s High-Flying Return To ‘Top Gun’

Val Kilmer’s voice may still be a wreck, but the trouble-plagued actor was beaming while stepping out for lunch with his daughter Mercedes! It was a dramatic comeback even as Paramount Studios announced that the star’s big comeback in a “Top Gun” sequel with Tom Cruise had been pushed back a full year to a Summer 2020 release. The smiling star’s appearance made it clear that any problems weren’t related to the ailing actor’s health — and insiders are even speculating that Val may finally get to make a new movie where his creaking voice won’t be dubbed in by another actor!

Val Kilmer’s High-Flying Return To ‘Top Gun’

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"Val got lucky when his movie 'The Snowman' bombed last year," said an insider. "There were a lot of problems with the film, including the lousy job trying to cover up that he wasn't really saying his lines." Val's even revealed on a video that his voice has been ravaged by a cancer battle, and apologized to an audience in July for sounding like he had "a Buick in my throat!"

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But production staffers are thinking that Val might voice his own dialogue as military pilot Iceman in the upcoming "Top Gun: Maverick." Some have even given Cruise credit for helping out his former co-star with a dramatic Scientology miracle supposedly only available to the church’s top members — including Tom, who's a high-ranking Operating Thetan VI!

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One eyewitness on the set told The National ENQUIRER that Tom accomplished the incredible feat by using a “laying-on-of-hands,” and “ended the bizarre session by saying, ‘End of assist.’ And poof! Val started to feel a whole lot better! Some may say it’s mind over matter, but Val is saying Tom’s a miracle worker!”

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"Val got lucky when his movie 'The Snowman' bombed last year," said an insider. "There were a lot of problems with the film, including the lousy job trying to cover up that he wasn't really saying his lines." Val's even revealed on a video that his voice has been ravaged by a cancer battle, and apologized to an audience in July for sounding like he had "a Buick in my throat!"

Photo credit: Coleman-Rayner

But production staffers are thinking that Val might voice his own dialogue as military pilot Iceman in the upcoming "Top Gun: Maverick." Some have even given Cruise credit for helping out his former co-star with a dramatic Scientology miracle supposedly only available to the church’s top members — including Tom, who's a high-ranking Operating Thetan VI!

Photo credit: Getty Images

One eyewitness on the set told The National ENQUIRER that Tom accomplished the incredible feat by using a “laying-on-of-hands,” and “ended the bizarre session by saying, ‘End of assist.’ And poof! Val started to feel a whole lot better! Some may say it’s mind over matter, but Val is saying Tom’s a miracle worker!”

Photo credit: Coleman-Rayner