Came home from California yesterday on the fabulous non-stop American Airlines flight from LAX to the tiny and charming airport in Santa Fe. These are American Eagle planes. Two seats on one side of the plane. One seat on the other. I always pick the single seat because then I can read and listen to music without engaging in conversation. And because I get on the plane first because of my status I can actually get my computer in an overhead bin. They fill up fast because they are the super tiny ones.
Anyway, I look up as this man gets on the plane and sits down in front of me. I knew he looked incredibly familiar, but I couldn’t place him. He was very handsome so I figured actor, but who?
The flight wasn’t full, and the man in the seats opposite Kilmer kept talking to him the entire trip. It was a vague buzz to me because I had my IPad out reading, with headphones plugged in and running ITues as background to the reading.
We got off and the baggage guy said something very loudly about “Movie Stars coming right here to Santa Fe!”
I bent over to put my IPad back in my computer bag when Ian reported that Mr. Kilmer was checking me out. He apparently noticed my glittering rock star toenails and my derriere. Then I felt worse about Kilmer getting trapped by chatty guy across the aisle. I’m betting he just wanted to be left alone.
It’s also probably an indication of his current status in the industry that he was flying on a commercial airline. No studio is picking up the tab for him right now.
