Billy Bob fulfills his childhood dream

Billy Bob Thornton has fulfilled a childhood dream by portraying the frontiersman hero Davy Crockett in The Alamo, Disney’s retelling of the landmark Texas battle.

“As a kid we all wanted to be Davy Crockett,” Thornton told USA Today. “I had a Davy Crockett outfit and a coonskin cap. I’m no stranger to this character. Like Crockett, there are legends about my life. Some are true, some aren’t.”