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Val Kilmer's Daughter Defends Using AI to Resurrect Him for New Movie: 'We Have to Contend With This Technology One Way or the Other'

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entertainmentApril 29, 2026

Apr 29, 2026 10:33am PT

Val Kilmer’s Daughter Defends Using AI to Resurrect Him for New Movie: ‘We Have to Contend With This Technology One Way or the Other’

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As Deep as the Grave

Val Kilmer‘s daughter, Mercedes Kilmer, is defending the late actor’s AI-generated appearance in the upcoming indie film “As Deep as the Grave.”

Kilmer’s image and likeness were recreated using generative AI for the film with the cooperation of his estate and daughter. The actor, who died in 2025 after battling throat cancer, was cast in the historical action film “As Deep as the Grave” but was too sick to shoot his role. Diagnosed with cancer in 2014, Kilmer had previously partnered with U.K.-based company Sonantic to create an AI-powered speaking voice when he reprised his role as Tom “Iceman” Kazansky in 2022’s “Top Gun: Maverick.”

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