Actors Who Were Traumatized By Their Most Intense Roles

The Doors

Kilmer requested that he only be referred to as Jim by both the cast and crew. Allegedly, the two stars had nearly identical voices. Kilmer even had to go to therapy after wrapping so that he could distance himself from the character again. Paul Rothchild, a rock producer who knew the original Morrison very well, claimed that Kilmer "knows Jim Morrison better than Jim ever knew himself."

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