Will Forte & Val Kilmer Almost Appeared on 'The Amazing Race' Together: 'Would've Been the Experience of a Lifetime'
Will Forte and Val Kilmer almost dabbled in the world of reality television together.
The 54-year-old comedian recently reflected on his friendship with Val, who passed away on Tuesday (April 1) at the age of 65.
There, Will revealed that he introduced the late actor to reality tv, and the two once made an earnest attempt to be contestants on the CBS competition show The Amazing Race as a duo.
“I used to watch The Amazing Race, and he came back home at some point when I was watching it and was like, ‘What are you watching that garbage for? Come on, that stuff’s going to rot your mind.’ I said, ‘It’s pretty good. You should sit down and watch it. Give it a try before you s–t on it,’” Will wrote to Vulture.
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He continued, “So he sat down and he started watching it, and he got really into it. Then, at a certain point, he said, ‘Will, you and I have to go do The Amazing Race. We have to. Let’s do The Amazing Race.’ I’m like, ‘I am so fully in.’”
However, not everyone was on board with the idea.
“We got really excited about it, and then we called our respective agents and managers, and they were like, ‘There’s no way you guys are doing that,’” Will said.
Years later, the Saturday Night Live star still mourns the missed opportunity.
“That is, maybe to this day, the biggest regret of my whole career — that I never did The Amazing Race with Val. I think we would’ve gotten out very quickly, but it just would’ve been the experience of a lifetime,” he said.
If you didn’t see, a slew of A-Listers have recently reacted to Val‘s passing.