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Long after Iceman, Val Kilmer still plays it cool

You’d have to be looking through rose-colored glasses at most aging Hollywood stars to think that they’re going to stay young forever (unless they've relied heavily on plastic surgery, that is).For those of you who haven’t seen Val Kilmer in a while and maybe expected him, in 2011, to walk straight out of the volleyball scene in "Top Gun," sorry to melt your Iceman hopes. The 51-year-old act
Val Kilmer, in 1995 during his Batman days, left, and at Comic-Con on Saturday.
Val Kilmer, in 1995 during his Batman days, left, and at Comic-Con on Saturday.Getty Images / Today

You’d have to be looking through rose-colored glasses at most aging Hollywood stars to think that they’re going to stay young forever (unless they've relied heavily on plastic surgery, that is).

For those of you who haven’t seen Val Kilmer in a while and maybe expected him, in 2011, to walk straight out of the volleyball scene in "Top Gun," sorry to melt your Iceman hopes. The 51-year-old actor was at Comic-Con this weekend, where he appeared on a panel for Francis Ford Coppola's new film project, "Twixt."

Check out this great interview with Kilmer, conducted shortly after his panel, where he talks about joining Twitter, walking the Comic-Con floor in disguise, and one day writing a memoir.

Oh, and here's a little tribute to Kilmer and those "Top Gun" days: