Billy Bob Thornton rejected the chance to play a Mission: Impossible III villain because he "didn't want to be the guy trying to kill Tom Cruise". The Bad Santa actor wasn't interested in ...

The actor and filmmaker shared why he passed on major villain roles in Spider-Man (2002) and Mission: Impossible III (2006), explaining that he prefers to take on less conventional characters.

Years later, he was up for the role of the villain in “Mission: Impossible 3.” “I don’t have much interest in those kinds of roles,” he said. “With the Green Goblin, I didn’t feel ...

“And with ‘Mission: Impossible III,’ I didn’t want to be the guy trying to kill Tom Cruise. If you’re the bad guy in a big movie like that, audiences remember it forever ...

As per Deadline, in a recent interview, the actor shared the reasons behind his decision to turn down key "bad guy" roles in major films such as 'Spider-Man' (2002) and 'Mission: Impossible III' (2006 ...

Mission: Impossible is a series of a secret agent thriller films based on the popular television series. They chronicle the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible ...

"I didn't want to be the guy trying to kill Tom Cruise," he said.

The Oscar winner recently explained why he turned down “the bad guy” roles in Spider-Man (2002) and Mission: Impossible III (2006), noting he likes to be “looser and less predictable” in ...