"I think the combination of the poetry (of lead singer Jim Morrison) and the music was so ... who cowrote "Light My Fire," arguably the band's most iconic song. "So many people come up to me ...

That would be director Ted Kotcheff, who essentially launched Carolco with First Blood, and Val Kilmer on The Doors, playing the iconic singer Jim Morrison even though Tom Cruise was desperate to ...

Robby Krieger, guitarist for the legendary '60s band The Doors, had come to meet Val Kilmer, a young actor who had landed the plum if difficult role of Jim Morrison, the band's lead singer ...

When the Doors first met Jim Morrison, not everyone was convinced he had the potential to be a rock ‘n’ roll frontman…that is, until they heard the lyrics to what would become one of the ...

Before Ace Ventura or The Mask made him a ’90s box office king, Jim Carrey almost suited up as a fantasy hero. But in a twist straight out of Hollywood legend, he lost the role to Tom Cruise ...

But we need to honor what might be his most transformative performance, as Jim Morrison in The Doors. Jimbo, the most ridiculously pretentious egomaniac in rock-star history, seemed so excessive ...

Andy Fallon/Camera Press, via Redux Supported by By Bruce Weber Val Kilmer, a homegrown Hollywood actor who tasted leading-man stardom as Jim Morrison and Batman, but whose protean gifts and ...

blasting The Doors music and asked cast and crew to only refer to him as Jim Morrison. Another iconic role was as Tom “Iceman” Kazansky in "Top Gun." He reprised the role in 2022 for "Top ...

There’s something that has always struck me as undeniably teen-age about loving the Doors, and particularly its lead singer, Jim Morrison. The rock group, which was active for only eight years ...