Val Kilmer Went On Weekend-Long Twitter Bender Gushing Over Cate Blanchett

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Val Kilmer went on a bizarre weekend-long Twitter rant in which he gushed over Cate Blanchett.

"Once I flew all the way to Australia just to talk to Cate Blanchett," Kilmer tweeted on Friday. "Her husband met me first. Or, instead, I guess, to be accurate."

He continued and added minutes later: "And recently I've had 2 dreams with #CateBlanchett in them. Her husband wasn't in either of them."

Next, Kilmer retweeted a photo of Blanchett, which was originally tagged for "Woman Crush Wednesday."

The gushing continued Saturday when the actor visited the World Trade Center memorial in New York City, and tweeted that Blanchett is a "superstar" who's "so real it's almost unreal."

"She's just as amazing in person," he said. "Some super stars aren't-Some superstars don't do a thing to ya in person-Cate is so real it's almost unreal."

"Once I did a cameo just to hang w/ #cateblanchett who pickd up a shovel in our sc," he said. "I was so dazzled by HOW she picked it up I forgot my line."

Sharing yet another photo, Kilmer said: "I mean even if she couldnt act you know what I mean?"

Kilmer on Sunday addressed fans' inquiries about all of his Blanchett praise.

"I've never done said or written a single idea that wasn't of the highest respect and admiration for #cateblanchett or any other great talent," Kilmer said in his defense.

"She's a friend of mine and I've met her husband thru the years and we've all gotten along just fine. Anyone who thinks I need to curb my enthusiasm for a great rare artist doesn't understand how difficult the job is and how we artist count on the respect of our peers. She will back up every word I say n love that I say I love her. I would love an actor I didn't even enjoy if he flew the world to talk about a role."

Kilmer's fascination with Blanchett goes back a decade or more, as the actor told Elle in 2006 that he "forgot" he was acting in the 2003 film "The Missing" and just stared at her instead.

"I think she probably got a sense of it when I not only forgot my dialogue in the scene, I forgot that I was acting, I forgot I was on a movie set, and I just stood there staring at her," he told the magazine.

See Kilmer's tweets below.