Brent Lang / Variety: Val Kilmer Resurrected by AI to Star in 'As Deep as the Grave' Movie - First Look (EXCLUSIVE) - Five years prior to his death in 2025, Val Kilmer was cast as Father Fintan, a Catholic priest and Native American spiritualist, in "As Deep as the Grave." But Kilmer, who was battling throat cancer, was too sick to ever make it to set.