Overview
- On Tuesday, director Adam Marcus posted a now-deleted message on Threads calling the late Val Kilmer "the worst human being I've ever known" and saying Kilmer would have been "cancelled" for similar conduct today.
- Marcus worked with Kilmer on the 2008 film Conspiracy, and his post included a photo from that set and specific complaints about Kilmer's behavior during their collaboration.
- The new denunciation echoes earlier, public complaints from directors Joel Schumacher and John Frankenheimer in the 1990s and follows Kilmer's own 2003 Rolling Stone remarks and a 2021 documentary admission that he had "behaved poorly."
- Coverage so far relies on entertainment outlets quoting Marcus's deleted post and provides background context rather than new documentary evidence or any legal claims.
- The episode highlights how brief, ephemeral social posts can reopen scrutiny of a public figure after death and could prompt further statements from Kilmer's collaborators or representatives.