{"id":2263338,"date":"2026-02-02T18:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T18:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2263338"},"modified":"2026-02-02T18:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T18:47:08","slug":"ali-larter-reveals-her-most-painful-landman-scene-to-film-ugly-sobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ali-larter-reveals-her-most-painful-landman-scene-to-film-ugly-sobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Ali Larter reveals her most &#8216;painful&#8217; &#8216;Landman&#8217; scene to film: &#8216;Ugly sobs&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F02%2F120279115.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Tough day on the job.<\/p>\n<p>Ali Larter told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/ali-larter-reveals-most-painful-scene-to-shoot-landman-season-2-exclusive-11895329\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People <\/a>what the hardest scene for her to film in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/19\/entertainment\/billy-bob-thornton-addresses-rumors-hes-exiting-landman-after-season-2\/\">\u201cLandman\u201d Season 2 <\/a>was.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEpisode 9 was a really painful episode for me to shoot,\u201d the 49-year-old actress said in the interview published Sunday. \u201cI think it was one of the toughest scenes.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Michelle Randolph and Ali Larter in \u201cLandman\u201d Season 2. <span class=\"credit\">Paramount+<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ali Larter as Angela Norris in \u201cLandman.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Emerson Miller\/Paramount+<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/20\/entertainment\/billy-bob-thornton-on-taylor-sheridan-snubbed-by-awards-shows-due-to-politics\/\">Taylor Sheridan\u2019s oil industry series<\/a>, Larter plays Tommy Norris\u2019 (Bill Bob Thornton) fiery ex-wife, Angela Norris, who has a tough time with their daughter Ainsley (Michelle Randolph) leaving for cheer camp shortly before she goes off to college in Episode 9.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cAngela feels like it\u2019s a loss in her life, with her daughter leaving,\u201d Larter explained of the scene. \u201cI have a lot of friends that are empty-nesters, and I have seen those ugly sobs,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>Larter said she channeled those \u201cugly sobs\u201d when Angela cried in her car as Ainsley goes inside her dorm.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Michelle Randolph and Ali Larter in \u201cLandman.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Emerson Miller\/Paramount+<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Michelle Randolph and Ali Larter in \u201cLandman.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Emerson Miller\/Paramount+<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI think that Angela doesn\u2019t really feel like she has a purpose without her daughter. What is her life going to look like, with her growing up?\u201d the \u201cLegally Blonde\u201d actress shared, adding that she \u201cjust really wanted [the audience] to feel what she felt\u201d in the emotional scene.<\/p>\n<p>And Larter quickly learned that her performance resonated with viewers. <\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_19-0\">\u201cI\u2019ve been hearing from all these mamas about being able to see that [moment], and that it made them emotional,\u201d she explained. \u201cBecause that\u2019s the reality of it when you raise these babies, and then they take off and start their life, and who are you? What\u2019s your identity without them?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Billy Bob Thornton and Ali Larter in \u201cLandman\u201d Season 1. <span class=\"credit\">Emerson Miller\/Paramount+<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Larter has been open about the highs and lows of starring in the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/21\/entertainment\/billy-bob-thornton-named-prosthetic-for-full-frontal-nudity-on-landman\/\">hit Paramount+ series.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>She told People that <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/26\/entertainment\/ali-larter-hates-bikini-scenes-in-taylor-sheridans-landman\/\">bikini scenes are her least favorite to film.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s an actress alive that\u2019s like, \u2018Woo! Got a bikini scene!\u2019\u201d\u00a0said Larter. \u201cNobody wants to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose are the hardest for me. I don\u2019t enjoy them,\u201d she continued. \u201cIt\u2019s just part of the story that I\u2019m telling, and I\u2019m an actress, so I get on board. But those are definitely my least favorite.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Michelle Randolph and Ali Larter in \u201cLandman.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Emerson Miller\/Paramount+<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ali Larter as Angela Norris in \u201cLandman.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Emerson Miller\/Paramount+<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But Larter has also admitted that she sometime feels empowered by Angela\u2019s provocative nature. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnytime you have to put on a bathing suit and walk in front of anybody, it\u2019s really difficult,\u201d she <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/ali-larter-talks-provocative-landman-scenes-and-life-in-idaho-exclusive-11845187\">said in an interview in November<\/a>. \u201cWhen I look around, the sexiest women I know are the women that own it. So, part of getting there with Angela is owning it. There is no space in my mind for insecurity \u2014\u00a0\u00a0I\u2019m not allowing any of that into my space when I play Angela.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Billy Bob Thorntona and Ali Larter in \u201cLandman.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Emerson Miller\/Paramount+<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAngela walks through life without the fear of judgment of others,\u201d Larter went on. \u201cShe makes up her own rules. And for me, that\u2019s so exciting to play, because I\u2019m not like that. And you really can\u2019t be like that in most areas of life if you want to fit into the societal norms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The first two seasons of \u201cLandman\u201d are streaming on Paramount+.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tough day on the job. Ali Larter told People what the hardest scene for her to film in \u201cLandman\u201d Season 2 was. \u201cEpisode 9 was a really painful episode for me to shoot,\u201d the 49-year-old actress said in the interview published Sunday. \u201cI think it was one of the toughest scenes.\u201d Michelle Randolph and Ali [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2263339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25174],"tags":[313642,21741,22205,21913],"class_list":["post-2263338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gossip","tag-ali-larter","tag-entertainment","tag-television","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ali-Larter-reveals-her-most-painful-Landman-scene-to-film.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2263338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2263338"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2263338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2263340,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2263338\/revisions\/2263340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2263339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2263338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2263338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2263338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}