11 Pieces Of Useless Trivia About 'Tombstone'

All of the facial hair on the actors were real, and specifically grown for the actor's respective role. No fake moustaches were used throughout the movie.

According to director George P. Cosmatos, Stephen Lang - who played the drunkard Ike Clanton - was really drunk almost all the time while on set.

Willem Dafoe was almost cast as Doc Holliday, but the role eventually went to Val Kilmer. Dafoe was objected to by Buena Vista over his role as Jesus in 'The Last Temptation Of Christ'.

The line, "You're a daisy if you do!", was taken from real news reports of the OK Corral shootout shortly after the incident took place.

The person whom Doc Holliday shot, Billy Claiborne, was played in the movie by Glen Wyatt Earp. He is the real Wyatt Earp's fifth cousin.

Sam Elliott was considered too old to play Virgil Earp. The real Virgil Earp was 38 at the time when the OK Corral gunfight happened, whilst Elliot was 49.

Mickey Rourke was offered and turned down the role of Johnny Ringo. Michael Biehn, who ended up playing the role, originally wanted to play Doc Holliday.

Val Kilmer and Adam West have both played Batman / Bruce Wayne and Doc Holliday. West played Holliday in the Western TV series 'Lawman' three years before he played Batman.

For the final scene where Holliday succumbs to tuberculosis, Val Kilmer shoved ice cubes underneath his clothes in order to make him shake and appear ill convincingly.

'Tombstone' had three directors working through its production. Kevin Jarre was first fired, and then replaced by George P. Cosmatos, who was essentially a 'ghost director' for Kurt Russell.