‘Landman’ Co-Creator Whose Podcast Inspired Paramount+ Series Addresses Accuracy Of Cartels & Bikini-Clad Baristas: “They Do Exist”
deadline.comYes, bikini-clad baristas actually do exist. No, the cartel doesn’t maintain relationships with landmen like Billy Bob Thornton‘s Tommy Norris.
Christian Wallace should know what is true and what is fictional when it comes to what happens around the Permian Basin of Texas; it was his 2019 podcast Boomtown about big oil that inspired Taylor Sheridan to embark upon Landman for Paramount+.
Ahead of Landman‘s first season finale on Jan. 12, Wallace — who’s both a co-creator and writer with Sheridan on the series that also stars Jon Hamm and Ali Larter — answered a few burning questions about the making of the show and whether he’s actually ever met a landman who’s as fearless (and badass) as Tommy himself. DEADLINE Can you explain how your role worked on the series?
Were you a part of the writer’s room? CHRISTIAN WALLACE Yes. Taylor and I were the writer’s room.
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