He was not feeling green.
Billy Bob Thornton, 69, has revealed he turned down not one but two infamous villain roles.
during an interview Playlist’s “Bingeworthy” PodcastThe “Bad Santa” star recalls turning down the role of the Green Goblin in 2002.spider manFilm and arms dealer Owen Davion in the 2006 film “Mission: Impossible III”.
Thornton said, “I’m not very interested in those kinds of roles.”
He added, “With Green Goblin, I didn’t feel like getting up at 4 in the morning to do five or six hours of makeup.”
The Green Goblin was ultimately played by Willem Dafoe, while Owen Davion was played by the late Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Dafoe, who reprized the role of the Goblin in 2021’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” has said he would play the Green Goblin again.
“I didn’t really want to do a cameo,” Dafoe explained. Mary Sue,
“I wanted to make sure that enough was done to make this happen and not just be a token. And the other thing was, I said I really want action – I want to participate in action scenes. Because it’s really fun for me. It’s the only way to root out the character. Otherwise, it will just be a series of memes.”
Thornton explained why he rejected the “Mission: Impossible” villain role, saying, “And with ‘Mission: Impossible III,’ I didn’t want to be the guy trying to kill Tom Cruise. If you If there are bad guys in such a big movie, the audience will always remember it.
Hoffman, that’s sad Died of drug overdose in 2014 At 46, plays an unnamed ‘Mission: Impossible’ co-star Told about wild about movies“If Philip [Seymour Hoffman] There’s something wrong with the voting process at the Oscars if he doesn’t win Best Supporting Actor the following year. I have never seen anyone play so bad and so well.”
Thornton, who currently appears in Taylor Sheridan’s “Landman,” said he turned down both coveted roles because “I like to keep things looser and less predictable.”
