Neither Spider-Man nor Mission Impossible: This star was very demanding in the 2000s by turning down 2 lead roles.

Although Billy Bob Thornton gave some memorable performances, he never really lived up to his time as a villain. The Oscar winner recently explained why he turned down villainous roles in Spider-Man (2002) and Mission: Impossible III (2006), saying he loved being there.less predictable” in his work.

“I am not very interested in such roles,” he said on the “Bingeworthy” podcast in December (via Deadline ). “With Green Goblin, I didn’t want to get up at 4 in the morning to put on makeup for 5 or 6 hours. And with Mission: Impossible III, I didn’t want to be the guy trying to get killed Tom Cruise. If you’re the bad guy in a big movie like this, the audience will remember it forever. I prefer things to be more relaxed and less predictable.”

Finally, Willem Dafoe played the iconic role of Norman Osborn (aka the Green Goblin) in the film. spider by Sam Raimi, and Philip Seymour Hoffman played arms dealer Owen Davian Mission: Impossible III.

A recent Golden Globe nomination

career of Billy Bob Thornton However, he didn’t suffer rejection for these two roles, having since won a Golden Globe for his role as hit man Lorne Malvo in season 1 of FX’s Fargo and recently earned his 7th Golden Globe nomination for his role in Taylor Landman. Sheridan (Yellowstone), in which he plays an oil rig crisis manager. In the same interview, he spoke extensively about his last role.

“I think if you’re in that world, it’s a dangerous profession. You understand the riskThornton told Deadline about the role. “My character clearly did a poorer job in this area. So he went through with it. He knows how it works and now he’s suddenly like the foreman boy who owns the oil company and the people who work in the oil fields.“

He continued: “There is not even much time to think about the work of the farmer. You are always on the move. There is always a problem to solve because he is a true fixer. We develop an obsession with success. I think he’s motivated and doesn’t really think about it, even if he’s a bit fatalistic about it.“

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