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Val Kilmer’s passing at the age of 65 owing to a battle with pneumonia has been a significant loss for his fans and the Hollywood fraternity. While the late actor was an artist of supreme talent, there was also a time when he was deemed ‘difficult to work with’ by some of his filmmakers. One of his infamous fallouts happened with his Batman Forever director, Joel Schumacher, who had fired the actor from returning to the superhero franchise.
The veteran actor was much appreciated for his role as Batman in the 1996 film. However, many fans were taken aback when he did not return in the sequel, Batman & Robin. There were immediate rumors of something downhill that happened between Val Kilmer and Joel Schumacher.
Soon, in a throwback interview with Independent, Joel Schumacher opened up about the fiasco and also took a sharp dig at Val Kilmer. Joel called the actor difficult to work with. He said, “I’m tired of defending overpaid, overprivileged actors. I pray I don’t work with them again.” He further called the late actor ‘psychotic’ in the same interview and stated how they had stopped talking altogether on the sets of the film. He revealed that he does not wish to reunite with Val ever again.
