The actor took only one turn in the famous batsuit. That film, “Batman Forever,” couldn’t be a more representative artifact of its era.

Before his death, Val Kilmer got candid about the realities of playing Bruce Wayne in Batman Forever, as his children -- Jack and Mercedes Kilmer -- reveal what it was like having Batman as a father.

In what would be the final years of his life, Val Kilmer leaned more into a different type of art than acting, but he never forgot his fans.