Billy Bob Thornton refused to star in an action-packed blockbuster Tom Cruise movie 18 years ago The ex-husband of Angelina Jolie said he rejected the chance to play a Mission: Impossible III ...

He wasn’t feeling green. Billy Bob Thornton, 69, has revealed that he turned down not one but two infamous villain roles. During an interview on The Playlist’s “Bingeworthy” podcast ...

The moment in question (which you can watch yourself below) features Michelle Randolph, who plays the daughter of Billy Bob Thornton‘s Tommy Norris, explaining her one cardinal “rule” when ...

Billy Bob Thornton doesn’t mind playing a bad guy, but there are some lines he will draw. During an appearance on The Playlist’s “Bingeworthy” podcast, the acclaimed actor talked about ...

And ahead of Sam Raimi's 2002 Spider-Man movie, Thornton turned down the part of Norman Osborn/ Green Goblin — which went to Willem Dafoe — because he didn't want to wake up in the early hours ...

“I don’t have much interest in those kinds of roles,” Thornton said. “With the Green Goblin, I didn’t feel like getting up at 4 a.m. for five or six hours of makeup. And with ...

Although Billy Bob Thornton has served some memorable performances, he’s never quite embraced his villain era. The Oscar winner recently explained why he turned down “the bad guy” roles in Spider-Man ...

Billy Bob Thornton doesn’t want to be remembered as a “bad guy”. The actor and filmmaker shared why he passed on major villain roles in Spider-Man (2002) and Mission: Impossible III (2006 ...

Billy Bob Thornton does not want to be remembered as a villain. Sure, he'll play characters who have a questionable morality, but when it comes to the world of big franchise films, he'd rather skip it ...