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Topic: Billy Bob Thornton

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How Taylor Sheridan Pitched Landman: A Bad Santa Running an Oil Company

Taylor Sheridan, the writer behind 'Yellowstone' and a sprawling television empire, has revealed how he landed Billy Bob Thornton for his oil drama 'Landman': not with a script or a deck, but with a single, irresistible image — Thornton's foul-mouthed antihero from 'Bad Santa,' this time running an oil company in West Texas.

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