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Thornton has passed on roles and parts many times before because he didn’t realistically see himself in it. According to a ...
It wasn't until he got the bill that the producer of 1987's 'The Running Man' knew Stephen King wrote the book.
Kathy Bates will be honored with the first-ever “CBS Birthday salute” on June 28, the same day the actress turns 77 years old ...
Variety’s “Actors on Actors” Season 22 was the franchise’s most successful social campaign ever for an Emmys season. The video series, which pairs actors in conversation with one another to discuss ...
In a recent discussion with Kathy Bates, the 69-year-old Oscar winner revealed he was very nearly cast in a beloved Stephen King adaptation.
Long before starring in Landman, Billy Bob Thornton came close to playing a supporting role in one of the most highly-regarded Stephen King movies ever.
Billy Bob Thornton revealed he was cut from the movie Misery, but it was done in a “cool” way. In an interview for Variety, the actor told Kathy Bates that he was originally cast for the iconic film ...
Billy Bob Thornton was almost cast alongside Kathy Bates in her Oscar-winning “ Misery ” role, something that Bates was unaware of until she sat down with Thornton for their Variety Actors on Actors ...