The bad Santa line that summarizes the character of Billy Billy’s landowner perfectly

Terry Zwigoff’s “Bad Santa” is probably the most cynical, criminal and dirty Christmas movie Ever done. He is so savory and ungodly until even gory Christmas horrors pale in comparison. This is the same film that parents of young children ban immediately and lock television children whenever it comes on during the holidays. It is also a cool-stone classic: hysterical, cruel honest, and touching in an unexpected way.

There are two reasons for that: Glenn Farra and a Dal-Holds and John Requa screenshot screen Billy Billy’s repulsive, stunning and self-centered performance As the Chief Willie, a low -life and alcoholic offender, who dresses up as Santa every year to steal the centers where he performs during the day. But despite all his appalling and self -destructive trends, Thornton manages to dig and find the heart’s heart, making him not only similar but transferable as well. By the end of the film, he turns Willie into a sympathetic loser who goes through so much if *** (from physical and emotional abuse to prison time) until he is a miracle in practice that he is still alive.

That’s just it: it can take a lot of beat (literally and figuratively) of life without always abandoning and lifting, no matter how hard the shot was. As Rocky Balboa said: “It’s not about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and still move on.” And Thornton did such a great job as this pitiful and pathetic man who is somehow always rising back despite the Ods for him to catch Taylor Sheridan, impressing him that he has not forgotten since. So it’s no surprise that he wrote “Landman” with the actor in mind to play the front, Tommy Norris, and compares his resilience with Willie “Bad Santa”.

While Zwigoff’s film and Sheridan’s series could not be more different, the intensity and charisma that brought Thornton into both roles are what makes them truly memorable and outstanding. Norris is a hard and powerful man, while Willie is a weak sad drunk, and yet they are both incredibly hard and durable individuals in their own right. Naturally, that is because of Magnetism and Thornton as an actor, which Sheridan loved and recognized early. In Interview with the deadlineThe writer-creator expanded on why he knew Thornton would be the perfect candidate to play the main character of “Landman”. He said,

“Well, he was coming from the world, okay? Maybe not the oil world, but he comes from rural America. His family is from Texas. He feels true to this place. He has ferocity as an actor who borrows a real way to his words. He feels like someone who won’t be back down. Very well in fighting because I’m not afraid to be struck. ‘ Because he is necessarily a good fighter, but because he is just as durable and is not afraid to be hit. “

If you’ve seen the first season of “Landman,” you can’t really argue with that statement. Whether it’s drug cartels, ruthless lawyers, pre-lives, or oil billionaire who want to stack through Tommy, it always offers something to stand its ground. It’s cockroaches in a cowboy hat you can’t kill, no matter how hard you try. That kind of resilience is essentially part of a Thornton acting repertoire (as seen in “Fargo” first season Or “Goliath” apart from “Landman” and “Bad Santa”), making him a fascinating actor to watch if he is given the right material – and Sheridan’s latest Paramount+ Hit and Zigoff’s classic are certainly two of the best examples.