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‘It’s difficult to talk and be understood’ Val Kilmer uses a voice box to discuss throat cancer recovery as he breaks down in tears over health battle in emotional trailer for documentary Val
- Val Kilmer’s upcoming documentary Val sees the actor using a voice box device to speak as he talks openly about his slow recovery from throat cancer
- The 61-year-old actor is heard saying ‘I’ve tried to see the world, as one piece of life’ as he presses down on the electronic tool.
- Kilmer was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014, and went public in 2017 after denying speculation that he was ill
Val Kilmer’s upcoming documentary Val sees the actor using a voice box device to speak, as he talks openly about his slow recovery from throat cancer.
In a teaser for the Amazon Prime feature, the 61-year-old actor is heard saying ‘I’ve tried to see the world, as one piece of life’ as he presses down on the electronic tool.
A voice box device is most commonly a battery operated machine that produces sound to create a voice, and is used to help those suffering with throat cancer communicate.
The emotional documentary shows the actor – who was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014, and went public with it in 2017 after initially denying he was ill – breaking down in tears as he discusses his health battles.
‘It’s difficult to talk and be understood’: Val Kilmer uses a voice box to discuss throat cancer recovery as he breaks down in tears over health battle in emotional trailer for documentary Val
‘I was recently diagnosed with throat cancer,’ an actor’s voice is heard narrating the footage.
‘I’m still recovering, and it is difficult to talk and be understood. But I want to tell my store more than ever,’ he adds.
Kilmer – who is a devout Christian Scientist – also says about his life: ‘I have behaved poorly, I have behaved bravely…. bizarrely to some.’
Emotional: The actor is seen breaking down in tears at one point, after saying ‘I’ve tried to see the world, as one piece of life.’
Candid: Kilmer is seen in his home in Los Angeles talking about his health battles
Opening up: Footage from the documentary shows the actor going about his daily life as he recovers from throat cancer
Home footage: The documentary promises to show hours of previously unseen footage from the actor’s life
The documentary starts with video footage of the actor in his younger years, as some of his classic films like Top Gun, Heat and Batman Forever are flashed on the screen.
Kilmer then explains how he was one of the first people in his social circle to own a video camera, and has shot thousands of hours of footage throughout his life.
A-List actors like Sean Penn and Kevin Bacon can been seen in the footage, which Bacon overheard saying, ‘This is really cool Val.’
The Top Gun star first revealed his cancer diagnosis during a 2017 Reddit AMA session to promote a film, after a fan referenced the fact that Michael Douglas had let slip in 2016 that he was ill.
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