Billy Bob Thornton, known for his iconic Texas roles, has received his seventh Golden Globe nomination for his portrayal of Tommy Norris in Taylor Sheridan's new Paramount+ series 'Landman'. Thornton spoke about filming in West Texas, working with young actors, and the challenges of playing a landman, a 'fixer' in the oil and gas industry.
Billy Bob Thornton has secured a Golden Globe nomination for his role as Tommy Norris in the West Texas -based Paramount+ series" Landman ."
I mean, you know, driving 3- or 400 miles a day in two different oil fields, and then he’s got this eccentric family who’s kind of come in to add some extra flavor to his life. So, you know, a landman’s busy enough already, and then you throw them on top of it. He’s a fixer, you know? I mean, everything that goes wrong, he’s the guy who’s got to fix it. So there’s hardly a minute’s peace.
The funny thing about it, like a 25-year-old background actor would come up to me and say, “My mother and my dad were both background on Friday Night Lights” and stuff. So it’s like the next generation of people out there were a lot of the extras, you know?That’s amazing. And have you heard from real landmen or other folks out in West Texas about being represented in this way?
And, you know, the good thing is, is that Taylor didn’t approach it from a partisan point of view, even though there are speeches about, “look, here’s where this stuff comes from” and “everything that you use every day is made out of this.” He basically just says, “here’s how it works.”
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