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.

Val Kilmer has died aged 65, leaving behind a glorious acting career and a loving family. The Los Angeles-born actor died of pneumonia on Monday, having previously been diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014. Kilmer was a prominent leading man in 1990s action films and is best known for playing the caped crusader in Batman Forever.

Val Kilmer leaves behind two kids, Mercedes and Jack. They are his children with his only wife, actress Joanne Whalley, whom he divorced in 1996. Mercedes Kilmer announced her father's death. Kilmer died at age 65 on April 1 of pneumonia,