Jack Kilmer Shares How He Ended Up Lending His Voice as Madmartigan in Disney+
'Willow' Star Ruby Cruz On Playing Val Kilmer's Daughter & Why She's So Hard To Find Online.
Disney's Willow Series Brings Back Madmartigan Through a Kilmer Family Cameo.
Though Kilmer was not able to reprise his role from the 1988 film, Slater's character helps fill the void left by the actor: "He was such a part of this, even though he wasn't physically able to be there.”
In one heartbreaking exchange, we learn that Willow's wife is dead and his son ran away, leaving only father and daughter.
The Willow movie revolved around a baby called Elora Danan, whom heroes Madmartigan, Sorsha, and the title character were trying to protect. The succeeded in their mission, and the child's survival helped to break the curse set by evil sorceress Bavmorda.
But Val Kilmer will not be in 'Willow' and this is due to two important reasons. On the one hand, his illness. In 2017 he was diagnosed with throat cancer and, although he managed to recover after intense treatment, he ended up losing his voice and currently communicates thanks to a device.
We were prepping in the spring of the year that it was most happening. And Val reluctantly didn't feel he could come out. “ For those who don't know Val Kilmer at one point had throat cancer and it caused major damage to his throat and vocal cords, leaving the actor with various health problems.
Kilmer was married to actress Joanne Whalley from March 1988 to February 1996. The two met while working together on the film Willow. They have two children, a daughter, Mercedes (b. 1991), and a son, Jack (b.
“He kept my spirits up when conditions were really treacherous and difficult. I was cold, wet, tired. He kept me laughing, kept the whole thing fun,” the English actor, who was 17 at the time of filming, said of Kilmer, who has already starred in movies like Real Genius and Top Secret!, as well as Top Gun.
In this case, those 3 were Kate Greenfield, Ruth Greenfield, and Rebecca Bearman. But now, 34 years later, Willow showrunner Jonathan Kasdan has managed to locate all 3 of them to make small appearances in the series, and it looks like the effort has paid off.
The titles, which are being removed from Disney's streaming services globally, include Disney+'s Willow, Big Shot, Turner & Hooch, The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers, Just Beyond, Diary of a Future President, The Mysterious Benedict Society and The World According to Jeff Goldblum and Hulu's Y: The Last Man, Dollface, The ...
Val Kilmer wasn't written out of new Willow series until just before production. "We really wanted Val to come be in the show," showrunner Jonathan Kasdan tells EW.
In the 1988 movie Willow, the mother of Elora Danan was played by Sallyanne Law. In the movie credits, she was only listed as "Mother," and neither the film itself or the novelization gave her a proper name.
Ranon Ufgood was the son of Kiaya and Willow Ufgood. One day, he and his sister Mims discovered the baby Elora Danan floating in the River Freen while they were playing outside their parent's farm.
Yet one of the film's leads is notably missing. Val Kilmer's Madmartigan did not appear in Season 1, though his absence was well noted. Due to health risks, Val Kilmer didn't return for the series.
In Willow, Elora was played by Ellie Bamber. In the episode The High Aldwin, 5 year old Elora was protrayed by Alayna Jacobs.
Disney+'s live-action original series 'Willow' will not come up with another season. The series was based on a fantasy film of 1988 directed by Ron Howard, according to reports.
In Willow, it is established right out of the gate that Princess Kit's (Ruby Cruz) marriage to Prince Graydon Hastor (Tony Revolori) has been arranged by her mother, Queen Sorsha (Joanne Whalley).
Warwick Davis, who was just 17 years old when he first played Willow Ufgood, and Joanne Whalley, both of whom shared the bulk of the screentime of the film with Val Kilmer's Madmartigan, are back to reprise their roles.
Madmartigan lives on.” Warwick Davis added, “Val's spirit is very much with the series. [He and I] have been in touch since we made the movie, and we're good friends and he's a terrific guy.” He went on regarding the experience filming the original, “I still attribute me getting through the film to Val.
The only one left behind is Willow, still shaken by visions of his daughter, Mims (Annabelle Davis), dying. Willow decides his family is his highest priority and turns his back on his party, going alone on the road back home.
At the end of Episode 1, when the band of heroes finally reaches Willow, he reveals that Dove is actually the grown-up Elora Danan.
It seems like a lot of you missed the reasoning behind the color change... Elora Danan is natural born redhead, Sorsha changes it to blonde when Elora was an adolescent. In this series the closer she gets to her destiny the more her natural red hair comes out, that's the meaningful reason anyway.