Sam Elliott and Billy Bob Thornton play father and son in season 2 of “Landman,” but what’s their age difference in real life?

Elliott, 81, and Thornton, 70, are just 11 years apart . During a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter , Thornton, who plays Tommy Norris in “Landman,” addressed their small age gap.

“You can look through movie history, and fathers or mothers have been close in age [to their children]. It’s just a thing you do because you’re actors portraying someone,” he said. “If you put yourself in the right headspace, I would find a way to play Sam’s older brother. They would say, ‘But wait a minute, you guys are 11 years apart.’ … But yeah, we never think about that. … It’s all in the way we portray the characters and [series creator] Taylor [Sheridan’s] vision

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