{"id":2631,"date":"2025-04-06T19:48:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T19:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=2631"},"modified":"2025-04-06T19:48:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T19:48:53","slug":"kurt-russell-says-val-kilmer-gave-him-a-dark-gift-after-filming-tombstone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=2631","title":{"rendered":"Kurt Russell says Val Kilmer gave him a dark gift after filming Tombstone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Val Kilmer made a lasting impact on Hollywood, especially with his role in <em>Tombstone<\/em> alongside Kurt Russell. Recently, Russell shared a surprising story that reveals Kilmer&#8217;s wicked sense of humor, particularly with the gifts they exchanged after filming.<\/p>\n<p>Kilmer passed away on April 1 at 65, and tributes have poured in. In a 2024 interview, Russell shared a lesser-known tale about their post-film tradition of exchanging gifts. While it wasn\u2019t obligatory, Russell wanted to give Kilmer something unique and asked his driver to retrieve key items from the set, including Kilmer&#8217;s holster and chair. Russell\u2019s surprise gift to Kilmer was a burial plot at Boothill Graveyard in Tombstone, Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>Kilmer\u2019s response was equally dark\u2014he gifted Russell an acre of land overlooking Boothill. Russell laughed at the irony: &#8220;Doc Holliday was all about death, but Wyatt was all about life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kilmer\u2019s sense of humor was also evident during filming, particularly in the sweltering Arizona heat. He joked that Doc Holliday\u2019s anger might have stemmed from wearing wool in 134\u00b0F heat.<\/p>\n<p>Kilmer held Russell in high regard, crediting him in 2017 for <em>Tombstone&#8217;s<\/em> success, saying Russell was \u201csolely responsible\u201d for the film\u2019s success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Val Kilmer made a lasting impact on Hollywood, especially with his role in Tombstone alongside Kurt Russell. Recently, Russell shared a surprising story that reveals Kilmer&#8217;s wicked sense of humor, particularly with the gifts they exchanged after filming. Kilmer passed away on April 1 at 65, and tributes have poured in. In a 2024 interview,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=2631\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Kurt Russell says Val Kilmer gave him a dark gift after filming Tombstone&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2631"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2632,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2631\/revisions\/2632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}