Actor Val Kilmer may run for NM Governor

Actor Val Kilmer (pictured) is pondering running for governor of New Mexico in 2010, when Democrat Bill Richardson's second term ends.

Kilmer, 49, grew up in Los Angeles but has called New Mexico home for more than two decades.

A Kilmer candidacy could throw a monkey wrench into the well-oiled Democratic machine of Lt. Gov. Diane Denish, who's already running for the job.

Kilmer said if he ran it wouldn't have to be a conventional campaign. While the actor decides, he's getting out and about and has been listening to people - something he says he's pretty good at.

In the report at the link below, Kilmer sounds about as arrogant as many other Hollywood actors. He boasted, "If I run, I'm going to be the next governor."

Perhaps Kilmer thinks a conventional campaign wouldn’t be necessary. Maybe he is counting on his fame as an actor to get him elected.

Kilmer's screen credits include Batman in "Batman Forever" in 1995, brash fighter pilot Lt. Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky in the 1986 hit "Top Gun," and rock icon Jim Morrison in the 1991 Oliver Stone film, "The Doors."

I didn’t see any of the films listed above. However, I thought Kilmer gave a good, strong performance in the 1993 movie Tombstone where he played the ailing dentist-turned-gunfighter Doc Holliday.

The lower photo shows Kilmer as he appeared in the movie Tombstone.

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