Billy Bob Thornton doesn’t need to be remembered as a “unhealthy man”.
The actor and filmmaker shared why he handed on main villain roles in Spider-Man (2002) and Mission: Impossible III (2006), explaining that he prefers to tackle much less typical characters.
“I don’t have a lot curiosity in these sorts of roles,” Thornton stated throughout an look on the Bingeworthy podcast.
“With the Green Goblin, I didn’t really feel like getting up at 4 a.m. for 5 or 6 hours of make-up. And with Mission: Impossible III, I didn’t need to be the man attempting to kill Tom Cruise.”
Thornton identified how enjoying such roles in high-profile movies can have an enduring impression on an actor’s profession.
“If you’re the unhealthy man in a giant film like that, audiences keep in mind it ceaselessly. I choose to maintain issues looser and fewer predictable.”
Willem Dafoe in the end took on the function of Norman Osborn, often known as the Green Goblin, in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man, whereas Philip Seymour Hoffman portrayed arms supplier Owen Davian in Mission: Impossible III.
While Thornton averted these villainous roles, he later earned reward for his portrayal of hitman Lorne Malvo within the first season of FX’s Fargo, a efficiency that received him a Golden Globe.
Most just lately, Thornton earned his seventh Golden Globe nomination for his work as an oil rig disaster govt in Taylor Sheridan’s collection Landman.
