Val Kilmer just plugged the new Willow series...
The first two episodes of Dinsey+'s Willow feature the return of Warwick Davis and Joanne Whalley from the original 1988 fantasy film of the same name, and Kevin Pollak is also going to reprise his role as Rool the Brownie. However, fans shouldn't expect to see Val Kilmer show up as the fan-favorite Madmartigan due to COVID restrictions during production.
First, Kilmer quote-tweeted a post from showrunner Jonathan Kasdan, who previously wrote,"Met @WarwickADavis June 9th, 2017, about 8 mins before this pic was taken, & told him I was gonna convince Lucasfilm to make a sequel to #Willow, though there was no reason to believe I could convince anyone to do anything. Tomorrow that sequel drops on @DisneyPlus Dream crazy." Kilmer replied,"❤️ these two 'MADMEN' @WarwickADavis @JonKasdan #willow @DisneyPlus.
— Willow November 30, 2022 How Did Top: Gun Maverick Inspire Willow?While Kilmer isn't expected to show up in Willow as Madmartigan, he was seen reprising his role as Tom"Iceman" Kazansky in Top Gun: Maverick earlier this year. Kasdan recently revealed to The Hollywood Reporter that Kilmer's role in the Top Gun sequel served as inspiration for Willow.
"Not only did it give us food for thought, but my executive producer, Tommy Harper, was the executive producer of Top Gun: Maverick, so he worked with Val then," Kasdan explained of the film."I had already met Val when we were setting out to do this thing. We've been talking pretty consistently every day of our lives about how to bring Madmartigan back and how that character can continue to live within the Willow universe.
Kasdan continued,"Most specifically, we added this old member of his team that felt like he would fit into this sort of Madmartigan school of scoundrels, and the only person we wanted for the part was Christian Slater. And you can imagine my shock when Christian Slater was like, 'Absolutely. Sign me up, give me a sword and I'll kick some ass.' It was one of the most exciting moments ever. And then Christian reached out to Val, and they had some communication.
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