MacGruber: Remembering Val Kilmer
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What do the hosts say about Val Kilmer's legacy?
All right, so Yorm is today's Andy, but he's also today's Yorm, and he's also today's Akiva. Yeah. But we're joined by a couple other people. We're having a special episode of the Lonely Island and Seth Meyers podcast. We have re-invited back previous guests, John Solomon and Will Forte. Hello, gentlemen. Hello. Johnny, Will, Johnny. We had always wanted you guys to come back on to talk about more MacGruber stuff, including the movie. And then very sadly, we had a reason to speed that process up. Our dear friend Val Kilmer passed away. I highly recommend everybody go and read a beautiful piece that Will had published in New York Magazine. It was very lovely, the way you talked about Val. And I thought maybe we could talk about him some more on this here podcast today.
we could talk about him for a year and it wouldn't cover even a dent of who he was loaded up he's the world's deadliest villain sorry he's ruthless no speak question and brilliant straight flush damn it i'm gonna turn washington dc into a pile of ash he's known only as dieter and until now he's been unstoppable What the world needs is a hero who's so top secret, we don't even know his full name. Hello, MacGruber.
Can we just start with the casting of Val Kilmer in MacGruber as a character, Dieter von Kunth? Yes. Dieter von Kunth. So in the very writing of the script, you have eliminated probably 85% of actors who just are going to hard no.
I think it's a testament to either he didn't read the name of the character because he did. He was at the table read. And I don't know if we talked about this, that he admitted to us afterwards that he read it cold and he nailed it. Like just absolutely nailed the part.
Yes. I think not only would 85% of actors not want to play a character named Dieter von Kuntz. I think probably 99% of agents don't want to call their clients and say, hey, there's a part I think you're perfect for. Yeah.
For people who don't know the process, we went into the table read, not having the role cast. He was just coming to the table read as a favor, like not even to any of, I don't know who he was doing the favor for because none of us knew him. So we were so excited to have him at this table read. It had to be Lauren, right? Yeah.
How did Val Kilmer get cast in MacGruber?
He was just doing a favor and we were so excited that he was even just doing the table read. But I don't think at any point we were like, oh, Val Kilmer would ever be a part of this movie. um just because of him i mean obviously i think we were pretty excited he was doing it it was shocking like honestly just for for all of us being just such massive fans of top secret to me was the first movie that i saw where i watched it and like was doubled over most of the time i can't remember how old i was watching but thinking like i didn't know that adults could be this funny Was my first thing. And so like, so just to have this man who like was such a part of our childhoods and that movie across from us and then finding out that he was reading it entirely bold and just crushing. Yeah. Dieter von Kant. I will say this, though. He did do the movie.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What do the hosts say about Val Kilmer's legacy?
1:07–3:35
2
How did Val Kilmer get cast in MacGruber?
3:35–5:02
3
What funny stories did the guests share about Val Kilmer?
5:02–5:20
4
What was Val Kilmer's approach to comedy in MacGruber?
5:20–7:34
5
What memorable moments occurred during the filming of MacGruber?
7:34–8:54
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How did Val Kilmer's unique personality influence the production?
8:54–11:27
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What insights did the guests gain from working with Val Kilmer?
11:27–55:53