Kilmer denies bad boy reputation

Hollywood star Val Kilmer says it is the media’s fault that he has a bad boy reputation. The actor has hit out at claims he is a troublemaker on movie sets, insisting journalists have simply created the derogatory tag for him because they "can't figure me out".

He says: "Some extremely negative things have been said about me, but I don't think the people who like my films have been affected by that negativity.

"If I keep standing up and saying that I'm not the most-hated man in Hollywood or whatever, then it sounds like I have something to hide, but I've got nothing to hide.

“A friend of mine observed recently that I was the only actor he could think of that Hollywood hadn't figured out yet. Maybe that's the only way they can figure me out, by portraying me as a bad guy, the troublemaker."