Val Kilmer's performance as Doc Holliday in the iconic Western classic Tombstone is one of the most celebrated in the entire Western genre, but it was only possible thanks to a pivotal change that Kurt Russell made to the movie's narrative. Tombstone is a rousing, dramatized version of the events surrounding the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, one of the most famous events in the history of the Old West. Most of the characters in Tombstone, including Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday, have real-world inspirations, even if the on-screen personalities don't necessarily line up with what little history is known.
Bill Dubiel
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Bill Dubiel
"Cut Myself Out Of This Goddamn Movie": Kurt Russell's Tombstone Decision Made Val Kilmer's Doc Holliday A Western Icon
Russell made a key change to his own character.
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