With his dying breath, he quietly reassures the young boy that it is all going to be okay.

This highlights the seriousness of the situation but offers some hope and guidance to the terrified Jojo.

Rockwell brings this quiet strength toThree Billboardsafter his character is almost burned alive when Mildred firebombs the police station.

Sam Rockwell as Jason Dixon in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

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After this moment, Rockwell’s lines are delivered with less arrogance and in a more Stoic tone.

However, Sam Rockwell uses his next best gift to prevent this: his physical performance.

In bothIron Man 2andTheGreen Mile,the way Rockwell moves tells us so much.

Three Billboards, The Menu, and Killer Joe

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Hammer is overcompensating, and Wharton enjoys making people suffer more than anything.

Rockwell’s ability to play Jason’s inability to read the room makes you almost feel sorry for him.

There are very few, perhaps no other, actors who can do what Sam Rockwell can do.

Woody Harrelson as Willoughby and Sam Rockwell as Dixon in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.

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A mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter’s murder when they fail to catch the culprit.

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