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Can never get - how that does NOT look like Billy Bob Thorton -

posted 9 years ago by hansenmv2002
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like i'm an expert at ? facial prosthetics or whatever

House: I have been on a date before.
Wilson: Not since disco died.

[–] hansenmv2002 9 years ago

the body / slump crap is easy/trivial --- facially ?? --- maybe he put on weight for the role?

House: I have been on a date before.
Wilson: Not since disco died.

[–] DanLeeD 9 years ago

I saw Billy Bob interviewed on "The Actor's Studio". James Lipton asked him to do Karl. Billy contorted his face until he looked just like him!

[–] hansenmv2002 9 years ago

havent seen that one - god that is a profound acting thing

im very impressed - nothing else to say

well ok - more -- it blows me away - his role in this --- its pretty fkn cool - im not ?? faking whatever -- he just does not look like himself - tried to wrap my mind on it - cant

House: I have been on a date before.
Wilson: Not since disco died.

[–] chinaglenn 9 years ago

I was going to say the same thing. Billy Bob just jutted out his jaw and talked like Karl.It is on Youtube. Not hard to find.

[–] robinrobin 8 years ago

I noticed Billy Bob also played the soda jerk that sold Karl the french fries when he first got out. That character was easily identifiable as Billy Bob. I think there must have been prosthetics on Karl.
edit: I read on another site the soda jerk was Jim Jarmusch. He looks more like Thorton than Karl does.

[–] Paul_Ke 8 years ago

^Funny you should post that. When I first watched this movie many years ago, I thought the soda jerk guy might be Billy Bob's brother, or some other relative, due to the resemblance, (but later learned, like you, that it was actually writer/director Jim Jarmusch).

[–] sage2112 8 years ago

Ummm what?? That guy doesn't look anything like BBT.