Forte succeeded in convincing Kilmer to try watching it, and soon he was hooked. “Then, at a certain point, he said, ‘Will, you and I have to go do “The Amazing Race.” We have to.

Following Kilmer’s death at age 65, his movie co-star Will Forte shared a little-known story about the actor’s desire to delve into the reality TV realm as a contestant on The Amazing Race.

Come on, that stuff’s going to rot your mind,’” Forte recalled Friday in his remembrance for Vulture. The reality television series sees contestants sent to random international locales to hunt for ...