Revisiting Billy Bob Thornton
Maltin on Movies
Leonard Maltin
4.3 • 665 Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2025
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Billy Bob Thornton is in a class by himself. If you haven't seen Season 1 of his new show Landman on Paramount Plus, you're missing out. It's a perfect follow-up to his earlier seriesGoliath and his unforgettable turn on the first season of Fargo. Leonard and Jessie are longtime fans and delight in talking to him about finding his place in Hollywood, working with the Coen Brothers, playing the President of the United States in Love, Actually, and much, much more. This 2017 conversation doesn't cover his most recent work but it's a pleasure to listen to.
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| 0:30.1 | Hi, it's Leonard Malton. I just finished watching season one of Landman on Paramount Plus, |
| 0:36.5 | starring the great Billy Bob Thornton. |
| 0:39.2 | It put me in mind of the conversation Jesse and I had with him in 2017. |
| 0:43.8 | I think you'll enjoy listening to it. Hi, I'm Leonard Malton. |
| 1:02.4 | And you're listening to Malton on movies. |
| 1:05.2 | And Billy Bob Thornton, where you grew up, did everybody have a middle name? |
| 1:13.2 | Yes. |
| 1:14.2 | I think everybody has a middle name everywhere. |
| 1:18.6 | It's just that in the South, in the South, they don't have the entire, you know, sort of proper name that it comes from. Like, for instance, William Robert, Billy Bob, you know. So in the South, they just forego the William Robert. Are you in fact William Robert? No. Okay. No. My name is actually on my birth certificate. It would be a good pen name though. Oh, yeah, absolutely. William Robert. |
| 1:44.8 | Absolutely. |
| 1:40.5 | Sounds very fancy. It does sound fancy. Way too fancy for me. But my dad's name was Billy Ray. Mm-hmm. I love it. And that was it, which would be William Raymond. And so I suppose if you're in Connecticut, it's William Raymond. Right, right. in Arkansas. |
| 1:41.3 | It's Billy Wright. |
| 1:42.4 | I'll call you Lenny Malt. |
| 1:43.3 | There you go. |
| 1:44.3 | Now, I'm... I'm... If you're in Connecticut, it's William Raymond. Right, right. If you're in Arkansas, it's Billy Ray. |
| 2:01.9 | I'll call you Lenny Malt. |
| 2:02.8 | There you go. |
| 2:13.2 | Now, I'm actually a little stunned by the realization that it is 25 years since one false move. |
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