The Saturday Evening Dwell 2000s sketch co-writer Michael Schur traced down the occasions that nearly led to Tom Cruise’s shock cameo on High Gun sketch.
Throughout the newest episode of The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast, the host performed a voice word through which Schur reminisced about Kilmer as stint host within the December 9, 2000 episode.
He remembered the actor as “very intense however very good.” Describing the sketch, he mentioned, “It was 25 years after the occasions of High Gun and Iceman (Kilmer’s character’s nickname within the movie) had retired from the Navy and was now flying very boring industrial flights for Delta.”
Based on Schur, the Mission: Unimaginable actor was additionally current on the present “standing eight toes away and watching this sketch and simply having fun with it a fantastic deal.”
He went on to share that a very long time SNL producer Marci Klein got here to him whereas sketch was being carried out and mentioned, “Tom Cruise is right here, ought to we get him to love stroll on?”
Schur agreed to the thought and tried to rapidly come up on how you can make Cruise’s entrance on the set, suggesting that Jack Reacher star will stroll on sketch’s closing moments to “seize Val Kilmer and simply say ‘Hey Iceman, let’s get you out of right here, bud.'”
When Cruise discovered about his cameo he was able to carry out saying “yeah, okay I get it.”
Nevertheless, earlier than Cruise might attain the stage, the sketch ended and Kilmer walked off the stage to vary his apparel. Cruise missed his half by eight seconds distinction.
Kilmer died of pneumonia of April 2 on the age of 65. Cruise paid his respect throughout a promotional occasion for Mission Unimaginable – The Finale Reckoning by asking the viewers to hitch him a second of silence. “Thanks, Val. I want you effectively in your subsequent journey,” he concluded.
