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Billy Bob Thornton Addresses His, 'Landman' Dad Sam Elliott's Age Difference

Billy Bob Thornton weighed in on Sam Elliott playing his dad on Landman — despite them only being 11 years apart in age. “That’s gone on since movies started,” Thornton, 70, exclusively told Us Weekly while attending the Newport Beach TV Fest sponsored by Visit Newport Beach on Saturday, June 6. The actor recalled similar experiences on other projects, adding, “Kathy Bates played my mom in Bad Santa too and she is nine years older. It’s acting, it’s a movie.” Thornton continued: “Let’s say that it’s not in the newspapers or Wikipedia — how old anybody is — then nobody would...