Billy Bob Thornton Biography

Throughout the 1970s Billy Bob Thornton firmly believed that his future destiny lay in rock music. He formed a group called the Tres Hombres named after ZZ Top's hit album of 1973: he found some small measure of success as a musician and even succeeded in releasing an album called 'Gunslinger'. In order to make ends meet he would also work as a roadie for other bands including a Canadian group called Lighthouse whilst they toured the United States.
He moved out to LA where Thornton's interest in acting began to develop and he enrolled for acting lessons. Thornton had a long hard struggle to get even a toehold in the movie business: at one stage movie legend has it that he was so broke he couldn't afford to eat properly and lived on a diet of potatoes! Eventually Thornton's health began to suffer and he was admitted to hospital and diagnosed with myocarditis: the doctors said that this was a heart condition brought about by malnutrition. Once he had recovered his acting coach allowed him to carry on studying for free and he hung out around Hollywood waiting for his big break. Thornton's big break was a long time coming - but he finally succeeded in landing a role in the TV movie The Man Who Broke 1000 Chains.
Thornton's film acting career was slowly gathering momentum: he landed small roles in 'Indecent Proposal' and 'Tombstone' as well as Steven Segal’s eco-thriller 'On Deadly Ground'. In 1993 he'd managed to get a short movie entitled 'Some Folks Call It A Sling Blade' produced: but he wasn’t happy with the finished result so he re-wrote the story as a full-length film script. The script was bought by a film company called The Shooting Gallery who allowed Thornton to have a great deal of creative input in the production process. Thornton himself appeared in nearly every scene. The movie only cost $1 million to make but was a massive box-office success netting revenues of over $65 million.

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