Billy Bob Thornton Tells Kathy Bates He Was Cut from ‘Misery’: ‘It’s Not Going to Be in the Movie’  IndieWire Sun, 15th June 2025

Kathy Bates and Billy Bob Thornton on Landman, Matlock and Misery  Variety Sun, 15th June 2025

Review: ‘Billy Bates’  Cinemacy Thu, 11th December 2014

Billy Bob Thornton tells Misery star Kathy Bates that he, too, was almost in the 1990 Stephen King adaptation Misery  Popverse Mon, 16th June 2025

Billy Bob Thornton Reveals He Was Cast For A Part In Misery With Kathy Bates, And His Story Leaves Me With So Many Questions  Cinemablend Sun, 15th June 2025

Billy Bob Thornton shocks Kathy Bates by revealing that he nearly starred in Misery with her: 'You did not!'  Entertainment Weekly Sun, 15th June 2025