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

EastEnders provides update on Nigel story – with unexpected character at the centre  Digital Spy Thu, 27th November 2025

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

Billy Bob Thornton was almost in Misery but his character got the sledgehammer  JoBlo Tue, 24th June 2025