Article December 14, 2009 Issue

ON THE BIG SCREEN—THE GENIUS OF MARY BAKER EDDY

VAL KILMER TALKS ABOUT MAKING HIS UPCOMING FILM

Ingrid Peschke with contributions from Val Kilmer, Mike Davis

Recently, the Sentinel's Managing Editor, Ingrid Peschke, moderated a conversation with actor Val Kilmer and Mary Baker Eddy Library Researcher Mike Davis. Kilmer is researching the lives of Mary Baker Eddy and Mark Twain and writing a screenplay about them, which he plans to make into a major motion picture.

INGRID PESCHKE: Val, I know you were raised in a Christian Science household, so you must have learned some things about Mary Baker Eddy at an early age. But how have your perceptions of her changed over the years, especially since you've started doing some more research on her life in preparation for your film?

VAL KILMER: Yes, I wouldn't say more, but really intense research on her life—with help from Mike and The Mary Baker Eddy Library. And my journey with writing a movie about her life came as a result of the Library.

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