In the gloomy drama 2001 "Monsters Ball" Billy Bob Thornton played a rigid prison supervisor named Hank, who performed in the prison of the executioner and proud of it. The role of his sensitive son, who also works as a supervisor, performed het Ledger. In one of the key scenes of the Sonny film, leading to the execution of the prisoner sentenced to death, is experiencing a nervous breakdown. Later, Hank in rage attacked his son, accusing him to weak. Boots sweat.
Remembering the shooting of this tense scene, Tornton admitted that genuine in these frames is greater than the staged:
In this scene, I truly hit the hit. He asked me himself. I said: "Listen, compared to you, I am a veteran of acting. In my youth, I also asked my colleagues so that they beat me during filming, and it hurts. But if you want, I will do it. " He replied: "Yes, please." He said that he needs it, so I hit him quite a lot several times.
"Monsters Ball" is an incredibly severe story, deepening in the problems of racism and violence. Thornton admitted that he was not easy to play in this film, since he could not fully merge with his character. The actor shared that the need to reincarnate in such an impregnable and embittered hero put on him a large pressure.
Recall that at the moment Tornton takes the main role in the dramatic series "Goliath" from Amazon.