I Can’t Get Over The Amazing Way Billy Bob Thornton Reacted Sam Elliott Playing His Dad In Landman: This Is No Joke, And It’s Kind Of Embarrassing

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Minor spoilers for the first episode of Landman Season 2 are ahead. You can stream it now with a Paramount+ subscription and then catch new episodes every Sunday after that.  Season 2 of Landman started with the death of Tommy’s mom, and it seems like it’s bound to bring Billy Bob Thornton’s character back together with his father, TL, who is played by Sam Elliott. Now, we already knew Thornton was very excited to have Elliott in Season 2. However, I wanted to know how he reacted when he found out the 1883 actor would be playing his father, so I asked him.  When I posed the question to Thornton, who was sitting right next to Elliott, he didn’t hesitate to say that the casting was “perfect.” Then, he dove into how he reacted when he got the call that the A-lister was joining another Taylor Sheridan show.

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00:00Billy, I wanted to ask you what it was like when you found out Sam was going to be playing your dad.

00:04It was perfect.

00:06There wouldn't be anybody else you could think of, really.

00:10And I didn't know, really, because Taylor didn't tell me in the beginning,

00:20oh, you know, I'll tell you something about this.

00:22This is no joke.

00:23It's kind of embarrassing.

00:25But I've loved Sam as a human being and an actor for so long.

00:29That when I found out that Sam was playing the part, I told my wife and I started crying.

00:42And she's a witness to it.

00:43She can tell you.

00:44I'm not joking.

00:45Yeah.

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