Playįor those who have forgotten, Thurman is an overweight, seemingly dim boy who befriends Willie, a thief who gets hired as a mall Santa every yuletide in order to rob the place after hours. He doesn’t just celebrate the holiday season - in a sense, he’s a part of it because of that dark comedy. Christmas has always been important to his family, but Bad Santa has made this time of year different for him for nearly two decades now. “It’s the busy time of year,” Kelly says, acknowledging the annual influx of journalists who want to talk to him about that holiday classic. He’s done plenty of films and TV shows - including his co-starring role on the Canadian drama Family Law ( which began airing on the CW in October ) - but he’s still perhaps best known for his work as Thurman Merman, the endearingly dopey kid who annoys the hell out of Billy Bob Thornton’s Willie in Bad Santa, which hit theaters November 26, 2003. But most people aren’t Kelly, who’s been an actor since he was very young. Most 29-year-olds don’t spend their time talking about Jolly Ol’ Saint Nick. But the real Santa is out there somewhere.’” I believed in Santa, but then when we went to the mall, I knew, ‘This isn’t Santa. “I was a savvy kid,” he says, “but at the same time, I never was the kid where it was like, ‘Oh, I know Santa’s not real.’ I was half in, half out. “Big family celebrations.” Of course, it’s always a delicate time in a child’s life when he realizes Santa is made up, and it sounds like Kelly was no different in terms of dealing with suddenly starting to question Kris Kringle’s existence. “It was always big in our family,” he tells me. Like a lot of kids, Brett Kelly grew up loving Christmas.
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