Bad Santa

Brett Kelly spoke fondly of Billy Bob Thornton despite playing a vulgar character in the dark Christmas comedy classic film Bad Santa.

Moreso, he realized how fulfilling it was to have that kind of responsibility because he had never had anything like that before, though he never watched his mouth in front of the kid. Despite Willie being aggressive and antagonizing toward Thurman at first, his verbal abuse never gets to the kid, and Thurman's positivity gets Willie into the Christmas spirit like he never has before, despite still being a degenerate alcoholic. The movie has such a cynical tone throughout its runtime - thanks to horrible human beings like Willie and Marcus as the leads - that Thurman's unrelentingly trustful and innocent personality provides the yin to Willie's contemptuous yang. "For the most part, I was very lucky in getting to have a pretty normal life and then get parachuted into those moments where you’re in a movie with Billy Bob or something like that.” Despite the vulgarity of Thornton's character, Kelly made it clear that Thornton himself was the complete opposite of Willie. Kelly made it clear that he was lucky to live a normal life as a child actor and yet to get act beside Thornton.