This being an Oliver Stone film, The Doors is less concerned with historical accuracy than it is with using a hazy mash-up of fact and myth to metaphorically explore America's spiritual degradation from the late 1960s into the 1970s.

When remembering Val Kilmer, who died Tuesday at the age of 65, director Oliver Stone reflects on the enigmatic actor's "contradictory" nature.

Actress Jennifer Tilly — who auditioned for the movie for the role that Meg Ryan landed as Morrison’s girlfriend, Pamela Courson — posted a loving tribute to Kilmer on X following the announcement of his death.

"He had wild hair and he was barefoot, shirtless and wearing nothing but a pair of tight leather pants," the actress recalls

The world woke up this morning to news about the loss of Val Kilmer, one of the most revered and beloved Hollywood actors over the past five decades.

Christina Fulton is another one of Val Kilmer’s heartbroken former costars ... speaking to us about her favorite memories with him.

The Doors — Oliver Stone’s biopic of 60s rocker Jim Morrison — was one of Kilmer’s defining roles. The film has gone on to become a cult classic, but in 1991, the year of its release, it didn’t land a single Oscar nom. That year, the Best Actor Oscar was won by Anthony Hopkins for Jonathan Demme’s classic horror The Silence of the Lambs .