Kilmer doesn’t flat out say Russell directed Tombstone, but wrote, “I have such admiration for Kurt as he basically sacrificed lots of energy that would have gone into his role, to save the film.

The first time Kurt Russell met Val Kilmer was when the Hollywood homegrown was hanging out with Cher on the set of Silkwood, a 1983 docudrama. Kilmer, a 22-year-old Juilliard graduate at the time who ...