Billy Bob Thornton was almost molded at the side of Kathy Bates in her Oscar winning “Misery” role, something that Bates was not aware of until she sat down with Thornton for their Variety Actors on Actors Interview.
“I swear to God. Originally, Richard Farnsworth, who played the sheriff, had a deputy. I saw Rob Reiner for it. And Rob said right in the room: ‘You are the guy. We can send all other homes.'”
But as production progressed, the project developed.
“I was very excited. And I got a call from Rob Reiner – not many directors would do it – he called me and he said:” Listen, I have looked at the script and planned what to do with this movie. “He said,” You can come here and shoot this for the money or the insurance or what you need, but I’m just saying, it won’t be in the movie, “recalled Thornton.
While he dropped after being a sheriff’s deputy in ”Misery“Thornton eventually played a marshal in” 1883 “, created by Taylor Sheridan. Sheridan then created a whole series for Thornton, 2024’s”Farmers“What Thornton has previously described as “a more intense, more dangerous and more humorous version of” Giant “.”
“It was almost like reading something I had written for myself,” Thornton told Bates. “It’s been convenient to do it … Sometimes the conditions for what I have to do are not very comfortable and to make monologues for as long as your arm.”
Thornton said that when Sheridan starts writing, “he is not necessarily sure where it will go. He lets the characters and the story take him when he is to write it.” While the role – which also includes Jon Hamm, Ali Larnter, Jacob Lofland, Michelle Randolph and Demi Moore – had barely a chance to get to know each other before filming began, Thornton insisted that chemistry was immediate.
“Now you got all these younger actors who came in, (and) We don’t know them. So I knew no one except Demi Moore,” said Thornton “We had a thrown dinner before we started … They are all so specific personalities that chemistry almost happened only because of the power of personality.”
The second season of “Landman” will release In November 2025. Look at Thornton and Bate’s full actor on actors piece below:
