Val Kilmer goes from Batman to Fatman

[Grimmlok]

He is perhaps best known for playing comic book superhero Batman on screen - while off-screen he has dated the likes of Cindy Crawford.

But where a six pack once rippled on Val Kilmer's chest, now stands what looks more like a rather large beer belly.

As he strode out of the sea after taking a dip near his home in California, there appeared to be a lot more to Kilmer than once met the eye.

Eleven year ago things were very different.

Kilmer, then 35, strode impressively onto our cinema screens in a PVC bodysuit to battle the likes of Jim Carrey's The Riddler in 1995's Batman Forever.

But by the look of Val on the beach this week, he might well struggle to get into those same rubbers nowadays.

'There's really nothing like a Hollywood star on the beach - and Val looked really nothing like a Hollywood star in the beach,' an onlooker joked.

'He had this heaving great belly hanging over his shorts and flabby arms. It just shows you how quickly a man can lose definition in his body when he gets into his 40s and lets himself go a bit.'

Hot property

Along with the likes of Tom Cruise and George Clooney, Kilmer was once among the hottest properties in Hollywood.

In 1986 he played a toned fighter pilot, named Ice in Top Gun opposite Tom Cruise.

In 1991, Kilmer slimmed down even further to star as Jim Morrison in The Doors.

Then in 1995, he was ordered to beef up again to replace Michael Keaton in the Batman suit. At the time, Batman Forever was the most successful movie to date in America, where it took £250million in its opening weekend.

Kilmer is divorced from British actress Joanne Whalley, whom he met on the set of movie, Willow. They married in 1988 but split eight years later after she found him stripped to the waist with a female crew member.

They have two children, Mercedes, 16, and Jack, 13.

Despite his growing paunch, Kilmer appears to be working harder than ever - and currently has no fewer than nine projects on the go.

Last year, Kilmer starred as a gay private detective in the critically acclaimed Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang alongside Robert Downey Junior.



www.dailymail.com

[leapinglilies]

judging by this picture, dr. leapinglilies (who does not treat val kilmer) says he looks to be about "five or six months pregnant at least". we at gossiprocks wish him the very best!

[HWBL]

HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!!! He's entering Schwarzenshrub territory
And he's ONLY 46!!!!!!

[Bellatheball]

Oh how far has the Iceman slid. Damn damn shame.

What kind of world do we live in where Thetan Tom is better looking than Val Kilmer after all of these years.

[Mel1973]

I'd still rather see Val totally naked than that fucking midget fully clothed.

[greysfang]

Sorry but I can't rag on the guy. He's an average middle-aged American white male that you can see in suburban backyards any given Sunday.

[Grimmlok]

I'd prefer to look at a fat Val kilmer than that freakish gnome, Cruise.

Ever seen cruise with his shirt off? He's got a fucking WEIRD torso.. it looks all screwy.

[Mel1973]

it's because he lays around twisting his nipples and wearing bras when he thinks no one is looking..

[HWBL]

Originally Posted by Mel1973

it's because he lays around twisting his nipples and wearing bras when he thinks no one is looking..

[pacific breeze]

Originally Posted by greysfang

Sorry but I can't rag on the guy. He's an average middle-aged American white male that you can see in suburban backyards any given Sunday.

True, but that's not how I want my movie stars to look.

[Elvira]

I'd rather see a man with a belly than a man with a fat ass.

[WickedHo]

Originally Posted by Bellatheball

What kind of world do we live in where Thetan Tom is better looking than Val Kilmer after all of these years.

Fuck that. Shame on you! The Mighty Midget has NOTHING on Val.

I still can't believe someone wrote an entire article on Val Kilmer getting "fat." Especially since he isn't even fat, he just has a beer gut. I read the whole thing thinking there was a point... but there wasn't. Oh, how shallow the world has become!

[Belfae]

YIKES! And he was sooooo hot as Jim Morrison. I can't believe my eyes.

[HWBL]

Originally Posted by WickedHo

Fuck that. Shame on you! The Mighty Midget has NOTHING on Val.

I still can't believe someone wrote an entire article on Val Kilmer getting "fat." Especially since he isn't even fat, he just has a beer gut. I read the whole thing thinking there was a point... but there wasn't. Oh, how shallow the world has become!

It really has more to do with his age/fat ratio. And WHERE his overweight is. Having such a beer gut at a relatively young age of 46 is just not right or healthy. A little flab, a few extra pounds - everybody gets that. But he's got a a full blown middle aged to old age man's body> on the skinny side everywhere but the gut and face. If he were ten years older it would be more expected than now.

[KD]

He was even hot in Tombstone, and brilliant as Doc Holiday as well I might add. I understand he had quite the arrogant attitude once upon a time (but doesn't Russel Crow as well?) and he is/was totally underrated as an actor.

Also, brilliant as Jim Morrison in the doors, as someone else mentioned.