Billy Bob Thornton Became a ‘Dad Figure’ for Michelle Randolph on ‘Landman’ (Exclusive)

Between Billy Bob Thornton and Ali Larter, Michelle Randolph actually lucked out when it got here to her onscreen dad and mom in Landman.

Randolph performs the 17-year-old wild baby daughter of Thornton’s oilman Tommy Norris and Larter’s freewheeling Angela within the Taylor Sheridan collection, and whereas she naturally handled some nerves earlier than assembly her two costars, she tells PEOPLE they’ve each turn out to be position fashions for her — and pseudo-parental figures.

“I simply had no concept what to anticipate,” she admits of her first time assembly Thornton, 69. “I had heard unimaginable issues about him, and so I used to be excited to satisfy him, however clearly I’m like, ‘Okay, that is somebody I’m going to share a number of scenes with for a very essential present. It’s one thing I care so much about. I simply hope that we have now a great dynamic.'”

“And I used to be with Ali after I first met him, and it was simply, instantly, he is the kindest, most real human. We went to a dinner and after I left that dinner, I used to be like, ‘Okay, that is going to be nice.'”

Randolph, 27, says she and the Oscar winner’s dynamic on-screen as father and daughter and their real-life relationship began to “soften into one another a bit,” to the purpose that Thornton “undoubtedly is one other dad determine for me.”

“Which is so cool,” she admits. “I’m sorry — that is so cool.”

Her bond with Larter, 48, is simply as treasured, although they fall somewhat in between a mother-daughter duo and a pair of greatest mates.

“I’m not kidding you, instantly, we clicked. We had an hour drive again to the place we have been staying and we did not shut up the entire time. I feel that form of simply defines our relationship,” she remembers of assembly her TV mother almost two years in the past.

“And she lived two flooring under me in the place we have been staying, and so it was like we lived collectively, we have been enjoying, I’d see her each day. She’s simply caught with me,” she says. “Every day I received to be on set together with her, it was like I wasn’t at work.”

The actress’ bond began to blur traces a bit, as Randolph says that Larter will usually introduce her to folks as “my daughter.”

“And individuals are like, ‘What?’ But she simply appears like one among my nice mates and clearly she’s been within the business a lot longer than I’ve, and he or she’s iconic, and so she provides me unimaginable recommendation,” she continues. “She’s actually particular to me.”

Jacob Lofland, who performed Randolph’s aspiring oilman brother Cooper, can be a buddy for all times now, as she says the entire Norris household has stayed in contact remarkably properly since filming concluded within the spring.

“Jacob Lofland, Ali, Billy — I speak to them a minimum of a number of occasions per week, which is admittedly particular. And I did not essentially count on that.”

While she has no complaints, Randolph, who broke out on the scene in 1923, was admittedly bummed to not overlap with among the collection’ different mega stars, like Jon Hamm and Demi Moore, throughout season 1.

“I’ve gotten to satisfy Demi a number of occasions, nevertheless it’s attention-grabbing as a result of when you’re on fully completely different storylines, it is like, yeah, you are on the identical present, however you are not likely interacting with these folks,” she explains.

Calling each Moore, 62, and Hamm, 53, “beautiful,” Randolph provides, “[I] have watched them my entire life… I’m attempting to not be a fan woman. I’m going to play it cool. But they’re my favourite actors of all time, which is so cool.”

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Landman season 1 will be streamed in full on Paramount+.