"𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐠, 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐡, 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐠 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡, 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐡, 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐖𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐠 𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲, 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐚 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐚 𝐭𝐮𝐠…" Twenty-four year old Val Kilmer (in his film debut) channels Elvis Presley while performing the rockabilly number Straighten Out the Rug in the Paramount Pictures/Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker action comedy Top Secret!, released in cinemas in the U.S. and Canada on June 22nd, 1984. Choreography for Val's performance was handled by Gillian Gregory. Val, who was dating Cher at the time, did all of his own singing in the movie and was featured on the soundtrack album under his character's name "Nick Rivers". Showing up for his audition dressed as Elvis, Kilmer immediately nailed the part and Abrahams later stated: "I like to think of it as the role Elvis never got but should have".
