Billy Bob Thornton didn’t break a sweat during the shocking frontal scene in “The Landman.”
The 70-year-old actor spoke about a wild scene in which his character Tommy Norris accidentally flashes a hotel employee while in bed.
“I don’t know what the reaction was,” Thornton told Us Weekly at Newport Beach TV Fest on Saturday. “But obviously before filming, I was like, ‘Oh, this is interesting.’
Thornton called the scene “funny” and added, “And I didn’t care.”
In a highly talked-about scene from Season 2 of “The Landman,” Tommy rolls over in his sleep and exposes himself to a female hotel employee, who then screams and wakes him up. When Angela, played by Ali Larter, comes out of the bathroom and tells Tommy, “Get your dick off me!”, the employee freaks out and begs him not to rape her.
Angela tells Tommy’s frightened woman, “He’s been eating Cialis like M&Ms and he’s been jamming doors with it all morning. I’m really sorry about that.”
After the hotel employees leave, Angela says to Tommy, “Poor girl. If she wasn’t a lesbian when she got here, she is now.” Tommy then threatens to “ruin his entire breakfast.”
“Landman” co-creator Christian Wallace clarified to The Hollywood Reporter in January that Thornton’s scenes were not as revealing as audiences thought.
“There was an intimacy coordinator on set, and the original prosthetics she brought with her made everyone laugh,” he told the outlet. “We were like, ‘No.’ So we went with a more humble alternative.”
“But I’m surprised that people think it was actually Billy doing full-frontal nudity,” Wallace added. “So I have to say props to the intimacy coordinator and the props team for making it look so real. They had the whole rig, as Billy would say, ‘Turn on my rig.’ ”
In December 2025, Paramount renewed “Landman” for a third season.
The Paramount+ series stars Thornton as a West Texas oil company landowner, and also stars Demi Moore, Andy Garcia, Michelle Randolph and Sam Elliott.
Thornton also addressed speculation that his character Tommy might die, telling Us Weekly, “I think[creator]Taylor[Sheridan]will let me hang around.”
Thornton praised Sheridan, even though the “Yellowstone” creator hasn’t won any major awards for his popular TV series.
“It’s like, ‘If you disagree with somebody’s style or tone or whatever, that’s not the problem,'” he says. “The important thing is, is he good? He writes great work.”
“He’s built quite an empire, and you have to respect him for that. He’s got a reputation, he’s had success, and he certainly deserves recognition for what he did on TV.”
