Billy Bob Thornton Is Back For ‘Bad Santa 2’

Bad Santa 2 is coming to town…

BackstageOL’s Dave Morales sat down with Billy Bob Thornton in this backstage interview to talk about his holiday sequel Bad Santa 2, which opens 13-years after the first film.

“We kind of always knew there was going to be [a sequel],” said Thornton. “We wanted to do something that was unique and yet captured the spirit of the first movie. So, I was very happy that it took us awhile.”

The film’s official synopsis:

BAD SANTA 2 returns Academy Award®-winner BILLY BOB THORNTON to the screen as America’s favorite anti-hero, Willie Soke. Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie teams up once again with his angry little sidekick, Marcus (TONY COX), to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve. Along for the ride is ‘the kid’ – chubby and cheery Thurman Merman (BRETT KELLY), a 250-pound ray of sunshine who brings out Willie’s sliver of humanity.

Mommy issues arise when the pair are joined by Academy Award®, Golden Globe and Emmy-winner KATHY BATES, as Willie’s horror story of a mother, Sunny Soke. A super butch super bitch, Sunny raises the bar for the gang’s ambitions, while somehow lowering the standards of criminal behavior. Willie is further burdened by lusting after the curvaceous and prim Diane, played by Emmy Award-nominee CHRISTINA HENDRICKS, the charity director with a heart of gold and libido of steel.

You better watch out: BAD SANTA 2 is coming to town.

Bad Santa 2 debuted on November 23th. Watch the full interview with Thornton below.