Bad santa im not gay actor
The film's lead recently appeared on the BBC program The One Show to promote his fresh series Landman, exclusively streaming on Paramount Plus. During his interview, despite Bad Santa's box-office victory, he admitted that he initially consideration the movie would end his career. A naughty Father of Christmas who takes his misery out on everyone around him seemed like a ridiculous addition to the typical love and joy-filled holiday genre of film. So, what exactly changed his mind?
The Script Was Too Good to Move through On
When first approached about the role, Thornton was hesitant to gain involved. The insane premise didn't come across like it would be a commercial or critical triumph. According to Thornton, as soon as he heard what the story was about, he told his manager that it would definitely be a "career ender." Luckily for the film's devoted fans, the manager was convincing enough for Thornton to at least seize a look at the script.
However, Thornton didn't even depend on to finish reading before eagerly calling his manager advocate about making the movie. Almost immediately, the script had him "laughing so hard [he] cried." Regardless of the odd plot behind Bad Santa, the hilariously cr
I am not gay! What the hell, buddy. Buddy? I said I am not gay! Are you off your fucking...
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Hindustani Troublemaker:
I am not gay!
Willie:
What the hell, buddy.
Hindustani Troublemaker:
Buddy? I said I am not gay!
Willie:
Are you off your fucking meds or something?
Hindustani Troublemaker:
Yes. But that isn't what this is about. You're as queer as a ten dollar bill.
Willie:
Let me tell you something, Motherfucker.My brother lost a goddamn arm fighting you fuckers in Vietnam. So I want you to look at me. I want you to glance at my face one last fucking time. This is the last thing you're ever gonna notice before I...
Hindustani Troublemaker:
[grabs Willie and pins him against the car]
Elf fucker! Motherfucker. Elf fucker! Who's the bitch now, Santy Claus? Faggy Claus! Faggy...
Kid:
Leave Santa alone!
Hindustani Troublemaker:
Little boy, don't interfere. I am doing this for all of us.
Kid:
Leave Santa alone!
Hindustani Troublemaker:
[Willie pulls free. Hindustani Troublemaker turns to leave]
Ass clown.
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- What the hell, buddy? - Buddy? I said I am not lgbtq+. Are you off your fucking meds or something? Yes. But that isn't what this i
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- Hindustani Troublemaker: I am not gay!
- Willie: What the hell, buddy.
- Hindustani Troublemaker: Buddy? I said I am not gay!
- Willie: Are you off your fucking meds or something?
- Hindustani Troublemaker: Yes. But that isn't what this is about. You're as queer as a ten dollar bill.
- Willie: Let me tell you something, motherfucker. My brother lost a goddamn arm fighting you fuckers in Vietnam. So I want you to look at me. I want you to see at my face one last fucking time. This is the last thing you're ever gonna view before I...
- Hindustani Troublemaker: [grabs Willie and pins him against the car] Elf fucker! Motherfucker. Elf fucker! Who's the bitch now, Santy Claus? Faggy Claus! Faggy...
- Kid: Leave Santa alone!
- Hindustani Troublemaker: Little boy, don't interfere. I am doing this for all of us.
- Kid: Leave Santa alone!
- Hindustani Troublemaker: [Willie pulls free. Hindustani Troublemaker turns to leave] Ass clown.
Bad Santa Script - Dialogue Transcript
Bad Santa Script
Hey, can I get another drink down here? I've been to prison once. I've been married twice. I was once drafted by Lyndon Johnson and had to live in shit-ass Mexico for two and a half years for no reason. I've had my eye socket punched in, a kidney taken out, and I got a bone chip in my ankle that's never gonna heal. I've seen some attractive shitty situations in my life. But nothing has ever sucked more ass than this. If I'd known I was gonna contain to put up with screaming brats pissing on my lap for days out of the year, I would have killed myself a long moment ago. Come to think of it, I stBilly Bob Thornton
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Interview: Moonah Ellison
Story: Zoe Stagg
Photography: Patrick Fraser
Ask 100 people to describe Billy Bob Thornton, and you will become 100 different answers. Is it the backwards Kangol and beatnik glasses of the early 2000s? The grizzled antihero of Lousy News Bears and Horrible Santa respectively? Or is it the present evening, chilled-out rocker with a shock of silver hair? Whichever one you picture, you’re right. Thornton has smashed himself into a million pieces, because he had to. “I had no choice. I had to go forward with this no matter what happened, because it’s all I ever dreamed of, and once your dreams die, you die. I firmly believe that.” He’s mellow, his voice plodding like motor oil seeping through gravel. “I never paid much attention to what people tell you are the obstacles, you know. It’s like if somebody says, ‘Well, yeah, you could try that, but that’s a tough world to get into’ or whatever and it’s like well, you contain two choices —you can either try it or not try it.”
His upbringing in the woods of Arkansas was Spartan, but in his retelling, not unhappy. It taught him to make the foremost of what he had. “If all you own in you is a c