Dash Mihok

How did Val Kilmer get involved, and why did he have such a small part?

Bobby Moresco: No, Val was originally signed to play the role that Dash Mihok played, and I love Dash; I directed him in another movie, I would work with Dash in anything, I love him, I was happy to have him. But originally, it was Val, and then we changed dates – the financing didn’t come through in terms of what we wanted, the financier was originally going to put up a certain amount of money and the deal didn’t quite work, so we pushed it a month so we lost Val. And, in the end, this financier, Jeff Todd, put up all the money. He said, ‘The hell with everybody,’ which g-d bless him – a great guy. But anyway, so we lost Val, but Val called me up when we changed the dates; he said, ‘Hey, I love this movie, write me a part.’ So I said, ‘Ok.’ So, I wrote that role, originally it wasn’t in the script – (to Giovanni) ‘Was it in the script you read?’
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