January 13, 2025 11:07 pm

Billy Bob Thornton Turned Down 'Spider-Man' & 'Mission: Impossible' Roles
Billy Bob Thornton Turned Down 'Spider-Man' & 'Mission: Impossible' Roles

Billy Bob Thornton Turned Down ‘Spider-Man’ & ‘Mission: Impossible’ Roles

The versatile and beloved Bad Santa star has played Karl Childers in Sling Blade, a high school football coach in Saturday Night Live, and a charmingly unhinged barber in The Man Who Wasn’t There, but Billy Bob Thornton refuses to play the bad guy in big-budget action and superhero movies. A wildcard in Hollywood, he’s delighted audiences with his goofy performances and recently, Thornton opened up about turning down two iconic “bad guy” roles in Spider-Man and Mission: Impossible III.

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​The ‘Landman’ star turned down iconic movie roles because he didn’t want to be the “bad guy” trying to fight the hero. Read More