Billy Bob Thornton considers Angelina Jolie to be a "great friend" of his

The movie star told Extra: "She's awesome. Yeah, a great friend of mine, and yeah, that'll never go away."

Elsewhere, Billy Bob has recently worked with music star Carter Faith and he's even starred in one of her music videos. The actor is convinced that Carter, 25, has a huge future in the music business.

Appearing alongside his Landman co-star Mark Collie at the 2025 CMA Awards, Billy Bob explained: "Mark and I wrote a few songs with [her] recently. This is her first CMAs, and she came over with us and so we're really happy for her to be here.

"She is great. She's going to be a big star."

Meanwhile, Billy Bob recently described his marriage to Angelina as "one of the greatest times" of his life.

The actor looks back on their relationship fondly and admits they are still very good friends after going through a "really civilised" break-up.

He told Rolling Stone magazine: "Angelina and I had a great time together. That was one of the greatest times of my life.

"She and I are still very, very close friends. And that was the one that ended up being a really civilised break-up. We simply split up because our lifestyles were so different."

Billy Bob also addressed speculation that the former couple used to wear vials of each other's blood around their necks.

The film star explained: "We each had a little locket, literally with a drop of blood in them. That's a romantic little idea, and that's all that was.

"But by the time it's over, we're vampires. We live in a dungeon, we drink each other's blood, and this kind of stuff."