Kathy Bates and Billy Bob Thornton reveal during Variety's 'Actors on Actors' that they nearly starred in 'Misery' together.

Billy Bob Thornton and Kathy Bates almost crossed paths earlier in their careers — but it wasn't meant to be. "There was a ...

The Oscar-winning actors also discussed the "Landman" star's recent foray into Western television during a wide-ranging ...

Rob Reiner's Misery is a great movie with a number of fantastic behind-the-scenes tales – including the fact that a ...

Billy Bob Thornton revealed he was cut from the movie Misery, but it was done in a “cool” way. In an interview for Variety, ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Thirteen years after Billy Bob Thornton starred in the raunchy R-rated comedy "Bad Santa," he's back in that red suit. Kathy Bates plays Thornton's foul-mouthed criminal mother.

Billy Bob Thornton and Kathy Bates almost crossed paths earlier in their careers — but it wasn't meant to be. The Matlock actress, who played the female lead in Misery and scored an Oscar for ...

Billy Bob Thornton was almost cast alongside Kathy Bates in her Oscar-winning “Misery” role, something that Bates was unaware of until she sat down with Thornton for their Variety Actors on Actors ...