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.

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

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.

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 .

Why the actor was the only person who could don the tight leather pants and unironic pretension of the over-the-top Doors frontman

Val Kilmer, an actor known for his work in “Top Gun,” “The Doors” and “Batman Forever,” died on Tuesday at the age of 65. Here are some snapshots from his life and career. Cher and Kilmer in 1984, the same year he made his feature debut in the slapstick Cold War spy movie “Top Secret!”