NEW YORK, Nov. 15 (UPI) --Oscar-winner Billy Bob Thornton says Landman co-creator Taylor Sheridan wrote the contemporary western's main character specifically for him after he played a cameo role in Sheridan's period piece, 1883. "He described the world to ...

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Billy Bob Thornton's willingness to hop on a flight led to a role of a lifetime. During a Q&A session at a Landman screening in Nashville, Tenn., the actor, 69, revealed how series creator Taylor Sheridan wrote the series with him in mind after he agreed to film a brief cameo in 1883.