Bad Santa star Billy Bob Thornton initially thought the film would flop instead of reaching its present-day cult-classic status. MovieWeb. Billy Bob Thornton Thought 'Bad Santa' Would End His Career.

Billy Bob Thornton took a method style approach to his 2003 holiday classic Bad Santa. The actor, 64, opened up about the making of the film during a sit-down interview on Entertainment Weekly ...

Billy Bob Thornton in Bad Santa | Miramax. By the time Bad Santa was released in 2003, Thornton was already a major star. However, in his role as a department store Santa Claus who has a fondness ...

Billy Bob Thornton has told EW that he would likely play reprobate safe-cracker Willie Soke for a third time, if Bad Santa 2 proves successful when it’s released on Nov. 23.

With its poor box office showing, Bad Santa 3 is all but an impossibility, which is a shame for fans of the movies, as Billy Bob Thornton shared that he enjoyed making the Christmas films and ...

Billy Bob Thornton got sloshed during filming. BBT is a method actor, especially when that means getting drunk on holiday hooch to get into character. Billy Bob told Film4 that while filming the ...

Kathy Bates will be honored with the first-ever “CBS Birthday salute” on June 28, the same day the actress turns 77 years old ...

And, of course, nothing has changed for the sequel. I flew to Los Angeles to share the holiday cheer with Bad Santa himself, Billy Bob Thornton. Billy Bob Thornton (as Willie): ...

Santa's back on top of the naughty list this year, as Billy Bob Thornton returns for the Bad Santa sequel 13 years later, reprising the role he famously portrayed in 2003. And boy is he bad! I ...

"Landman" star Billy Bob Thornton discussed his successful, 23-year marriage to Connie Angland after five previous marriages ...