Tom Cruise reveals it was 'wonderful' to be re-united with Val Kilmer in Top Gun: Maverick

Tom Cruise has spilled the beans on working with Val Kilmer again in the upcoming Top Gun: Maverick sequel, 36 years after they shot the original movie. Val's voice was lost as a result of a tracheotomy in 2014 following a throat cancer diagnosis, and he even admitted to 'begging' producers for a cameo. 'He's an actor I greatly admire': Tom Cruise has revealed it was 'wonderful' to be re-united with Val Kilmer in Top Gun: Maverick. Tragic: Val's voice was lost as a result of a tracheotomy in 2014 following a throat cancer diagnosis, and he even admitted to 'begging' producers for a cameo Having found himself blacklisted by Hollywood for being difficult to work with, Val was forced to plead his case to bosses on the sequel starring Tom Cruise. Technology: London-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 'For example, they can turn up for an important audition while their voice model works on an Amazon Prime Videos' autobiographical documentary of Val Kilmer's life, 'Val', was released on August 6.