Billy Bob Thornton does not want to be remembered as a villain. Sure, he'll play characters who have a questionable morality, ...

Billy Bob Thornton has told how he rejected two high-profile movie villain parts, in 'Mission: Impossible III' and ...

Billy Bob Thornton has been in a lot of big movies and TV shows over the years, but apparently the actor could have played ...

Thornton said he was approached to play Norman Osborn, aka Green Goblin, in Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man.” Years later, he was up ...

Impossible” villain role, he explained, “And with ‘Mission: Impossible III,’ I didn’t want to be the guy trying to kill Tom ...

Billy Bob Thornton recently revealed a couple of big roles that he turned down for some high-profile movies. While a guest on ...

The roles he passed on ultimately went to Willem Dafoe, who portrayed the Green Goblin in 'Spider-Man', and Philip Seymour Hoffman, who took on the role of arms dealer Owen Davian in 'Mission: ...

“And with ‘Mission: Impossible III,’ I didn’t want to be the guy trying to kill Tom Cruise. If you’re the bad guy in a big movie like that, audiences remember it forever ...

Impossible III villain because he "didn't want to be the guy trying to kill Tom Cruise". The Bad Santa actor wasn't interested in portraying arms dealer Owen Davian in the 2006 movie, which sees the ...

Billy Bob Thornton doesn’t want to be remembered as a “bad guy”.The actor and filmmaker shared why he passed on major villain ...