Thornton said he was approached to play Norman Osborn, aka Green Goblin, in Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man.” Years later, he was up for the role of the villain in “Mission: Impossible 3.”

Impossible” villain role, he explained, “And with ‘Mission: Impossible III,’ I didn’t want to be the guy trying to kill Tom Cruise.

Billy Bob Thornton does not want to be remembered as a villain. Sure, he'll play characters who have a questionable morality, but when it comes to the world of big franchise films, he'd rather skip it.