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Billy Bob Thornton and Sam Elliott dive deep into a pivotal scene from their new Paramount+ series, 'Landman.' Thornton reveals how a particularly raw moment on set truly 'affected' him, highlighting the powerful chemistry between the two veteran actors.
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00:00I'm not sure that T.L. was telling Tommy anything he didn't already know, number one.
00:10But he was reaching for something, and I'm not sure what it was, you know, in front of his son
00:17and his grandson.
00:19And I think it showed, although you don't really know at that moment in time that he's going to leave
00:25and go home with him,
00:27I think it showed promise, you know.
00:32Definitely. And Billy, what about for you?
00:35It was, it seemed, first of all, you know, we're out there in the back, behind the place, and it
00:47seemed so real that it was one of those scenes,
00:53I have quite a few of those with Sam, where you just forget that you're making a movie, you're just,
01:00you're in a moment.
01:04It was one of those scenes where everybody listened to everybody. Obviously, mostly us listening to Sam. She had the
01:11bulk of it.
01:13But, a lot of times, actors get ahead of themselves, and, you know, you think you gotta, you gotta say
01:20something the second this person finishes their line, or something like that.
01:24That scene had a lot of air, a lot of room to breathe, and so I think that's what makes
01:30it, made it so heavy for all of us to do.
01:34And plus, it's the first time, I mean, I've known this guy for a long time. I go out there
01:39and see him, first time we have a scene together,
01:42and he's sitting out there in a wheelchair. It affected me, you know. And so, and he was, I think,
01:52what you told me, he was affected by having to do it to start with.
01:56Yeah. And so there was, I think there was actual real life emotion in that scene, outside of what was
02:04just written.
02:05I still don't know how to put that in words. That was the most, that was a magical time, to
02:11be privileged enough to sit there in that place with those legends.
02:17I don't know how to explain it. It's something that I wish everyone could experience, but it is absolutely amazing.
02:27It's something that I wish everyone could experience.
02:27I don't know how to explain it. I would say, even if I saw the right thing and I don't
02:28know how to explain it.
02:28I would really like how to explain it, because it's a particular thing to me.
02:28It's a particular thing to imagine with frustration and fighting strength in this aspect of aomic energy.
02:29It's a natural thing that I wish I could ever say.

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