"When Sam Elliott finally appears in the Landman season 2 premiere, the eighty-one-year-old actor is just trying to watch the damn sunset. Instead, nurses from his character's assisted living facility keep interrupting the man with supper bells and disheartening news. Dorothy passed away. Even though audiences have yet to put the pieces together, it's clear who Sam Elliott plays in the latest season of the Paramount Texas oil drama. In Landman season 2, Sam Elliott plays Tommy Norris's (Billy Bob Thornton) father, T.L."
"He's been an inspiration to me and a hero of mine for so long, Thornton told Entertainment Tonight about working alongside Elliott on Landman season 2. I didn't know who was going to play my father, but when Taylor told me I was so excited, and I started crying. I knew it was right and it meant a lot to me."
"In episode 1, Tommy Norris returns to run an oil company that just lost its billionaire owner, Monty Miller (Jon Hamm). Hamm's character died suddenly of a heart attack in the season finale, leaving his wife (Demi Moore) and landman Tommy to pick up the pieces. Season 2 will also look to deepen Tommy's relationship with his family, which begins with his father's introduction near the end of the premiere."
Sam Elliott, age eighty-one, appears in Landman season 2 as T.L., the father of Tommy Norris. In the premiere, nurses interrupt T.L. while he watches the sunset and inform him that Dorothy passed away, revealing the family connection. Tommy Norris returns in episode 1 to run an oil company after billionaire owner Monty Miller (Jon Hamm) dies of a heart attack, leaving his wife (Demi Moore) and Tommy to pick up the pieces. The season will deepen Tommy's relationships with family as estranged father and son reconnect. Elliott previously appeared as Shea Brennan in 1883. Billy Bob Thornton described Elliott as an inspiration and a hero and cried when he learned of the casting.
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