This conversation is sponsored by Paramount+. Growing up, one of Billy Bob Thornton’s favorite movies was “Giant,” the epic Western starring Rock Hudson, James Dean, and Elizabeth Taylor.

Billy Bob Thornton Zoomed into Deadline Contenders from Texas where he’s filming Season 2 of Landman. His character, Tommy Norris, is now president of the oil company Cami Miller (Demi Moore) owns.

Thornton took his advice — and it changed his life. In more than four decades on screen, Billy Bob Thornton has played nearly every role imaginable, from a man trying to save Earth in ...