Billy Bob Thornton's Monster ban

Sep 30, 2007, 13:00 GMT

Billy Bob Thornton - © Glenn Harris / Photorazzi

Billy Bob Thornton plans to ban his kids from watching the film 'Monster's Ball' in his will.

The 52-year-old actor is determined to stop his children, three-year-old Bella, 14-year-old Harry, William, 13 and Amanda, 27, from seeing the movie - which sees him enjoy a steamy romp with Halle Berry - even after his death.

He said: "I have never let any of my kids see 'Monster's Ball'. Even when they're 60 they can't. I want to leave it in my will that they can never see it."

In the 2001 film, Thornton plays a prison officer called Hank who begins a relationship with a widow whose husband he was responsible for leading to the electric chair.

As well as a passionate and graphic sex scene between Thornton and Berry, the film also depicts Hank's racist father dying from a terminal illness.

Hank's son Sonny, played by Heath Ledger, shoots himself in the mouth in another shocking scene.

Although he hates exposing his kids to violence, Thornton admits he doesn't care if movies encourage them to use swear words.

He said: "I'm not sure why it's OK for kids to go to movies where people get their heads cut off but they can't hear someone say 'Dammit' or whatever. I'd much rather my kids curse than hack people to pieces with a machete."

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