United Kingdom, May 22 -- Warwick Davis has praised the late Val Kilmer for "getting [him] through" making 'Willow'.

The 55-year-old actor played the titular role in the 1988 fantasy film and he told how his co-star - who died of pneumonia last month aged 65 - was the "leader of the army" among the cast, helping to raise morale when the shoot got tough.

Warwick told Entertainment Weekly: "He's really the reason I got through the making of the film Willow.

"Because if ever I was tired, exhausted, fed up, cold, he'd say, 'Come on, keep going!' And he'd be the kind of leader of the army, keeping us going. He was a beautiful man."

Warwick is keen to tell as many people as possible his good memories of the 'Top Gun' actor.

He said: "I alw...