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Now, to me, most of the so called sex-symbol actors of today are boring and not at all sexy. I think that talent is the most attractive quality a man can have, and a good-looking but no-talent actor won't hold my attention longer than a few minutes. Not to say that I don't appreciate and actor with good looks, but come on. If you can't act, I'm not going to watch your movie more than once. Maybe not even once.
Out of this comes my favorite new pasttime. It's a fun game called Switch the Star! The game is as follows: Find any movie starring Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, George Clooney, and any of those other "sexy" actors. (This does not include Harrsion Ford, Sean Connery or those actors who have already proven themselves talented. This applies only to the hot new flavor-of-the-month ones.) Now try to convince yourself (and harder still, ME) that Val Kilmer wouldn't have done a better job.

EXAMPLE: Brad Pitt in Seven Years in Tibet. A good show, with a decent acting job by Pitt. Better than I expected, but that's not saying much.
--NOW--
Think about this: Val Kilmer in Seven Years in Tibet. He could have gotten the accent correct, as witnessed by his German in The Saint. He would also be much more believable as a mountain climber, as Pitt has always looked like a pansy-boy to me, anyway.

See? Fun, huh! Some other suggestions:

Mission Impossible
Legends of the Fall
One Fine Day
Batman and Robin (though maybe not even Val could have saved this movie)
etc. etc.

Get it? Now, it also works the other way round. Have fun comparing just how bad another actor would have been in any Val pic.
EXAMPLE: Tom Cruise in The Ghost and the Darkness. Of course not! Would we ever believe that Tommy could kill lions? Weenie boy? No way. Sorry. Nope. Never gonna happen.
--OR--
Brad Pitt in The Saint. Right. He couldn't even keep track of ONE accent in "Tibet" and he's supposed to do 10?

Equally laughable: George Clooney in Willow. Do I even need to say anything? I think not.

NEW!! Sorry, I've forgotten who sent these in, but some on-the-ball readers also suggested:
Val in Interview With the Vampire
Val in Far and Away
Val in ER

--AND--

George Clooney in The Ghost and the Darkness
Brad Pitt in Prince Of Egypt

Feel free to email me with your own suggestions, too!

Val Kilmer The Flying Porqupine