Val Kilmer Was "The Coolest Cat," Remembers His 'Top Gun' Wingman Barry Tubb - IMDb
Val Kilmer was “the coolest cat,” remembers his Top Gun co-star Barry Tubb.
In the 1986 hit that made Kilmer a star, Tubb played Wolfman, the wingman to Kilmer’s Iceman, and Tubb spoke to BBC News following Kilmer’s death this week aged 65.
Tubb told the BBC: “He was the coolest cat I’ve ever met. Not only did he have great acting chops, but he was funny as hell.”
The actor remembered goofing around on set between takes, with Kilmer using a personal video camera to make a personal record. Some of this footage was later included in his 2021 documentary Val, which charted his career and health challenges.
Tubb remembered: “He had the first video camera I’d ever seen. They got so tired of telling him to turn it off on the set of Top Gun that they finally just let it go.
“We had a fun...
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