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" Val Kilmer has revealed that he is due to receive an honorary doctorate.  The actor will be receiving the honor this May in Missouri, where he will also be doing a run of his new one-man show Citizen Twain, in which he will play the famous author Mark Twain.  Kilmer researched Twain&amp;#039;s life over the course of seven years, and has written and also directed himself in the show.  The 52-year-old jokingly told Vanity Fair that the honor is embarrassing, because his brother Mark Kilmer has a real doctorate.  &amp;quot;I called him up without thinking - I was so excited! - and said, &amp;#039;You won&amp;#039;t believe it! They called me out the blue. I&amp;#039;m going to be just like you! Dr. Kilmer&amp;#039;. There was a long pause, and I immediately realized what a mistake this phone call was.&amp;quot;  Kilmer&amp;#039;s most recent roles were in the crime thriller Breathless and  the Western Wyatt Earp&amp;#039;s Revenge.  He will also play the role of Mark Twain on the big screen in the recently-announced Mark Twain and Mary Baker Eddy.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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