No accounting for taste
This, coming from the man who felt Angelina Jolie wasn't good enough for him, the man who, along with Angelina's father, is responsible for her loathing and distrust of men, isn't surprising. After all, isn't Billy Bob the absolute apex of high culture and decent manners?
By SEAN HAMILTON
and DEREK BROWN
HOLLYWOOD star Billy Bob Thornton has created Much Ado in the acting world by branding William Shakespeare "bulls**t".
The heavily-tattooed American actor, 49, whose films include Bad Santa and Armageddon, launched an astonishing attack on the Bard.
He compared the legendary English playwright's work to corny soap operas.
He said: "I think Shakespeare's overrated. It's bulls**t. I'd never go and see a Shakespeare play. Who'd want to see me in Hamlet?
"Who cares? I don't know why actors do it. Shakespeare is just a bunch of soap operas.
"It's not that I don't understand it. But people think if you speak with an English accent it somehow makes you smarter.
"I don't believe in all the flowery language all of his plays are just a series of soap operas.
Billy Bob, who plays a foul-mouthed Father Christmas in the Santa comedy, likened works such as Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet to US daytime drama Days Of Our Lives.
His rant will infuriate classical acting fans like screen legend Al Pacino, who plays Shylock in a new film of The Merchant Of Venice.
Eccentric Billy Bob has famously been divorced five times, most recently from actress Angelina Jolie.
posted by Salena Moffat @ 5:21 AM
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