While Val Kilmer led the “party boys,” Tom Cruise maintained “laser-like focus” in order to become the “greatest action hero in the history of film” — pausing to undergo a scavenger hunt for champagne!In a new excerpt published by from Kilmer’s upcoming book,, the 60-year-old actor gets candid about working with Cruise on their 1986 action hit, .Kilmer portrayed Iceman while Cruise played his rival, Maverick, in the film.
In the excerpt, Kilmer recounts how the atmosphere off-screen was a reflection of the characters’ rivalry, with actors breaking off into “two camps — mine and Tom’s.”“We were the party boys,” Kilmer says about his clan. “Every night we’d hit the San Diego nightlife.