{"id":4339,"date":"2026-06-02T12:03:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T12:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/val-kilmer-dubbed-worst-human-being-by-director-1-year-after-actors-passing\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T12:03:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T12:03:56","slug":"val-kilmer-dubbed-worst-human-being-by-director-1-year-after-actors-passing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/val-kilmer-dubbed-worst-human-being-by-director-1-year-after-actors-passing\/","title":{"rendered":"Val Kilmer dubbed &#8216;worst human being&#8217; by director 1 year after actor&#8217;s passing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F129484524.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Adam Marcus claimed Val Kilmer was the \u201cworst human being\u201d more than a year after the actor <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/04\/02\/celebrity-news\/actor-val-kilmer-star-of-batman-forever-top-gun-dead-at-65\/\">died from pneumonia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The director, who worked with the late \u201cBatman Forever\u201d star in the 2008 action thriller \u201cConspiracy,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@adammarcus13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">took to Threads<\/a> over the weekend in a now-deleted post to call out Kilmer.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\">\u201c#MicroIntellectMonday to that time when I directed that guy. The guy who played Iceman and Doc Holiday [sic]. You know the one,\u201d he wrote alongside a photo of himself and Kilmer, <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/val-kilmer-conspiracy-director-says-actor-was-the-worst-human-being-ive-ever-known-11988231\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">per Entertainment Weekly<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\">\u201cHere\u2019s me and the Putz working it out on the set of\u00a0\u2018Conspiracy,&#8217;\u201d Marcus, 58, added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Director Adam Marcus (pictured second from left) slammed late actor Val Kilmer on Threads. <span class=\"credit\">adammarcus13\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201c#MicroIntellectMonday to that time when I directed that guy. The guy who played Iceman and Doc Holiday [sic]. You know the one,\u201d he wrote alongside a photo of himself and Kilmer (seen above in 2008) in a now-deleted post. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Sony Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\">The filmmaker then addressed fans who were upset at his negative comments about the late \u201cTop Gun\u201d star.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_10-0\">\u201cAnd to any of you rolling your eyes because of the whole \u2018don\u2019t speak ill of the dead bulls\u2013t\u2019, f\u2013k that,\u201d he reportedly wrote and later deleted. <\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_10-0\">Marcus added that if Kilmer \u201cdid one-tenth of what he did on my set today, he would have been cancelled in a blink.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorst human being I\u2019ve ever known\u2026 and that is really saying something,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Marcus (pictured far right) added that if Kilmer \u201cdid one-tenth of what he did on my set today, he would have been cancelled in a blink.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">adammarcus13\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The filmmaker said Kilmer (seen above in \u201cConspiracy\u201d in 2008) was the \u201cworst human being I\u2019ve ever known.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Sony Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Marcus and Kilmer (seen above with Jennifer Esposito) worked together in the 2008 action thriller \u201cConspiracy.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Sony Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kilmer played William \u201cSpooky\u201d MacPherson, a disabled special operations Marine wounded during combat operations in\u00a0Iraq, in Marcus\u2019 film.<\/p>\n<p>When MacPherson visited a friend in the\u00a0Southwestern United States, he discovered that his pal had disappeared, and no one would acknowledge that the person ever lived there.<\/p>\n<p>Kilmer was previously labeled as difficult to work with in movies.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Corbis via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a 1996 interview with \u201cEntertainment Weekly,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/video\/remembering-val-kilmer-watch-this-sweet-moment-at-batman-forever-premiere-in-1995\/\">\u201cBatman Forever\u201d director<\/a> Joel Schumacher said Kilmer was \u201cchildish and impossible\u201d and a \u201cpsychologically disturbed human being.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The \u201cIsland of Dr. Moreau\u201d director John Frankenheimer vowed never to work with Kilmer again after the 1996 horror film. <\/p>\n<p>In a 2021 documentary about Kilmer\u2019s life, the \u201cHeat\u201d\u00a0actor addressed the claims about his on-set behavior.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The \u201cTombstone\u201d star (seen above in 2019) was reportedly bedridden years before his passing. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_30-0\">\u201cI have behaved poorly. I have behaved bravely. I have behaved bizarrely to some,\u201d he said. \u201cI deny none of this and have no regrets because I have lost and found parts of myself that I never knew existed. And I am blessed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kilmer died at his home in Los Angeles in April 2025 from pneumonia. He was 65.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cTombstone\u201d star was reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/04\/02\/celebrity-news\/val-kilmer-was-bedridden-for-years-before-his-tragic-death\/\">bedridden years before his passing<\/a>, due to a lack of energy from his past cancer treatment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/02\/celebrity-news\/val-kilmer-dubbed-worst-human-being-by-director-1-year-after-actors-passing\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adam Marcus claimed Val Kilmer was the \u201cworst human being\u201d more than a year after<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/129484524.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}