John Travolta auditioned to play The Doors' Jim Morrison on the big screen. While Val Kilmer seemed like perfect casting to play The Doors frontman Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone's 1991 film The Doors, he was far from the first choice for the role.
The surviving Doors members were all, to one degree or another, unhappy with the final film. In a 1991 interview with Gary James, Manzarek criticized Stone for exaggerating Morrison's alcohol consumption: "Jim with a bottle all the time.
As with most biopics, some of the events did not occur exactly as they are portrayed in the film, or may have happened at a different time. Some did not take place at all and are included purely for dramatic purposes. Jim Morrison says "Well we're a sullen group, Ed" without moving his lips.
Morrison was later arrested in 1970 for allegedly exposing himself at a Florida concert, though the charges were posthumously dropped decades later. In an attempt to get his life back in order, Morrison took time off from the Doors in the spring of 1971 and moved to Paris with Courson.
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Who replaced Jim Morrison in The Doors?
After Morrison died, the surviving members considered replacing him with several new people, such as Paul McCartney on bass, and Iggy Pop on vocals. But after neither of these worked out, Krieger and Manzarek took over lead vocal duties themselves.
In calling my band (The Doors) “crap,” Crosby revealed that his singing and songwriting ability compared with Jim Morrison's — who he regularly dissed — is clearly the lesser of the two.
He said he, the time he spent him around Morrison, was very unhappy and he did not like Morrison, he thought Morrison was an obnoxious drunk, so. Ray Manzarek: Gee, that's odd coming from David 'cause he's really an obnoxious guy too. I know David's he really an obnoxious guy.
Though Oliver Stone was more than up to the task of making a movie about The Doors, Ray Manzarak was not happy with how the band turned out in the final movie. If there were to be an actual authentic movie on the psychedelic rock legends, chances are it would need to be X-rated.
Ever since his early Velvet Underground days, Reed's attitude to The Doors had been one of antipathy, symptomatic of his mistrust of the West Coast scene in general. Reed's basic argument was that the VU were “really, really smart” and the California bands were “really, really stupid. It was purely a matter of brains.”
I'm sorry, they're a great group, but this record doesn't mean anything.” Through Cash's unbalanced answer, it appears he was impressed with The Doors' musical talent but impartial to their output so far.
The surviving members of The Doors claim that Val Kilmer did such a good job playing and singing as Jim Morrison that they could not distinguish his voice from the real Jim Morrison. Closeup shots use Val Kilmer's voice, long distance shots use Jim Morrison's voice.
In 2015, Kilmer was diagnosed with throat cancer; he had a procedure on his trachea that damaged his vocal cords to the point where he had extreme difficulty speaking. He also underwent chemotherapy and two tracheotomies. In 2020, he published his memoir, titled I'm Your Huckleberry: A Memoir.
How did Val Kilmer feel about playing Jim Morrison?
Kilmer had also discussed at length his Morrison performance with David Letterman. Of Morrison's alluring character, he said: “He was an extraordinary guy. It was very fun to get to jump on people and get paid for it, which he did. And also, he could get into a very serious discussion about God or vomit on you.
For Zappa, the group were not worth the merit they were given by the press. While The Beatles delivered on their promise of being pop saviours, Zappa saw Jim Morrison and The Doors as products of a hype machine that can still inflate sub-standard performers to icons in a matter of weeks.
When asked on X for his thoughts on The Doors, he didn't hold back as he not only attacked the singer but went in on the whole group. He said they “Basically sucked … guitar and drums pretty ok … keyboard was awful ..his bass with left hand was abysmal, horrible …
for his part, Robert Plant,despises Morrison's behavior and insults The Doors talent, in the end, if we compare them artistically in general,for me,Plant is on second rate,an honest individual,but ultimately mediocre.
He told the group they needed to change a line in the song, “Light My Fire,” specifically the lyric, “Girl, we couldn't get much higher.” He explained the word “higher” was inappropriate for a family show on national television because of its association with illegal drug use.
Tough one to answer. Krieger did write “Light My Fire”, “Love Me Two Times” and “Touch Me” and those are some of the band's most beloved songs. However, Jim Morrison wrote “Break on Through” “Hello, I Love You”, “L.A. Woman” and “The End”. Krieger is a very good songwriter coming into a close second to Morrison.
In any event, Jim Morrison called Pam his "cosmic mate" and dedicated his self-published books of poetry to her, as well as songs such as "Love Street". Although they were deeply in love, their relationship was tumultuous and they also fought and abused each other.
How much did Pamela Courson inherit from Jim Morrison?
Morrison had a last will and testament in place. He did not have any children to provide for, and he had no relationship with his parents, stating that he despised them. Morrison's girlfriend (or common-law wife in the eyes of the courts), Pamela Courson, inherited his entire estate.
Upon his death, Jim Morrsion's estate went to Pam Courson, his soul-mate and common-law wife. Tragically, she died at age 27, so Jim's estate (including royalties) was passed to her next of kin: her parents.
