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Billy Bob Thornton says Demi Moore and Bruce Willis are ‘like family’ as actors battle dementia
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Billy Bob Thornton says Demi Moore and Bruce Willis are ‘like family’ as actors battle dementia

From a ranch in Montana to oil rigs in West Texas, fans of “Yellowstone” are in for a treat as director Taylor Sheridan premieres his next project, “Landman.”

As Billy Bob Thornton once again shared the screen with Demi Moore, the Hollywood actor told Fox News Digital that he has maintained a good relationship with his co-star and her family – including ex-husband Bruce Willis – over the years.

“She’s always been a sweetheart,” Thornton said of Moore. “She was so nice to me when I first met her, when I only had two scenes in a movie she was starring in, and she is just as sweet today as she was then.”

Thornton, 69, and Moore, 62, co-starred in the 1993 film “Indecent Proposal.” He also worked with Willis in the 2001 comedy-drama “Bandits,” along with “The Astronaut Farmer” and “Armageddon.”

“I’ve always been very close to Bruce,” Thornton said. ‘Bruce and I made three films together… Demi always took the kids to the set. So I’ve known them as family for a long time… she’s amazing.”

Billy Bob Thornton said he has “always” had a very good relationship with Bruce Willis. Getty Images for AFI

“I have always been very close with Bruce. Bruce and I made three movies together… Demi always took the kids to the set. So I’ve known them as family for a long time… she’s amazing.”

Billy Bob Thornton

Willis and his ex-wife Moore share three daughters together: Rumer, Scout and Tallulah.

In March 2022, it was announced that Willis would be “stepping away” from his acting career due to an aphasia diagnosis. It was later revealed that he had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, or FTD.

During the premiere of “Landman,” Thornton told Fox News Digital about the challenges he faced filming in Texas for the show.

“We started in extreme cold and for the first few months we froze to death. Even indoors, because you can’t run a heater while you’re shooting,” Thornton explained.

“By the time we finished it was boiling hot. Well, boiling heat isn’t so bad… I grew up in Arkansas… but I’ve lived in California since 1980. So my blood is very thin now.”, he said with a smile.

Willis receives his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2006. London Entertainment / Shutterstock

“When you’re trying to deliver a three-page monologue in 100-degree heat and you feel like you’re going to pass out at any moment, it’s not easy. But I can’t complain. I mean… I provide a living for my family doing something I love… I work with people I love and adore. So no complaints.”

Sheridan’s new show, “Landman,” is set in the heart of West Texas and focuses on loose and wild billionaires looking to get rich quick in the oil industry as oil rigs begin to dominate the Lone Star State. The drama series is based on the popular eleven-part podcast ‘Boomtown’.

“Countryman” actress Michelle Randolph told Fox News Digital that she, Moore, Thornton and other cast members “all became a family.”

“They’re the greats for a reason,” she said of Moore and Thornton. “They care so much. They’ve been in this business for so long because they really love it. They are passionate and every time I worked with them I felt inspired by them.”

Paulina Chávez, Michelle Randolph, Billy Bob Thornton, Demi Moore and Ali Larter attend the Los Angeles premiere of Paramount+’s ‘Landman’. FilmMagic

Randolph went on to describe her “Landman” experience as “special.”

‘We really have all become a family… You’re stuck in Texas for five months with people you see… at all hours of the day and they’re all emotional… You just experience so much with so many people. It was really special.”

The Paramount+ series “Landman” premieres November 16.