10 Actors Whose Craziness Got Them Kicked Out Of Hollywood

9. Val Kilmer

You don't see Val Kilmer much nowadays, do you? Could that be a result of his huge and crazy ego, perhaps, which means that almost nobody wants to work with him? Val Kilmer always had a reputation for being a bit crazy, of course, but there came a point where Hollywood decided that it could get by perfectly fine without Kilmer and his antics, thank you very much, and decided to stop putting up with his sh*t. Just like that. Because Kilmer was reportedly a nightmare to work with on pretty much every movie he ever made, including Tombstone, The Island of Dr. Moreau and Batman Forever (the list goes on) - serious to a fault and armed with an ego unlike anybody had ever seen (even in Hollywood), he also fell out with Tom Cruise on Top Gun - one of Hollywood's biggest players - which only helped to stall his career and cement his eventual decline. After word of mouth got around, Kilmer's reputation hit toxic levels and the community of Tinseltown threw up their collective hands and said: That's enough, Val. We're done."
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Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.