# @deadline on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DaVHgh7Ex5Z
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/67454814-deadline-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-07-03T12:00:40.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) — https://gondola.cc/DEADLINE

## Caption

From the North Pole to the Texas oil fields, Billy Bob Thornton‘s #Landman role was influenced by one of his other iconic characters.⁠
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Series creator Taylor Sheridan recently revealed that he referenced Thornton’s titular role as Willie T. Stokes in 2003’s 'Bad Santa' when he pitched the Paramount+ series to the Oscar-winning actor.⁠
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“I said, ‘I want to make a drama with Bad Santa running an oil company,'” recalled Sheridan. Read the full story at the link in bio. (Photos: Paramount+, Dimension Films)

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