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‘Landman’s Billy Bob Thornton On The Drama’s Authenticity, The Reviews & Whether Ali Larter’s Role Is Cartoonish: “Women Like Her Exist”


'Landman's Billy Bob Thornton On The Drama's Authenticity, The Reviews & Whether Ali Larter's Role Is Cartoonish: "Women Like Her Exist"

Billy Bob Thornton on Monday earned his seventh Golden Globe nomination for playing the title role in Landman, Taylor Sheridan’s deceptively funny but equally grim series on Paramount+ about the oil business that’s based on “Boomtown” podcast from Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly. Here, Thornton talks about how the role of Tommy Norris was custom made for him by Taylor Sheridan, and how he’s become a bit of a folk hero among the real life landmen of Texas. People more so these days than ever watch movies or TV or listen to music and read novels from the point of view of their own agenda.

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