Kevin Costner Landed His Yellowstone Role Thanks To A Deal He Struck With acclaim the love of fans

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00:00 Kevin Costner landed his Yellowstone role thanks to a deal he struck with Taylor Sheridan.

00:04 Yellowstone marked Kevin Costner's triumphant return to television, earning him critical

00:09 acclaim and the love of fans who had been eager for a new project from the actor.

00:13 Costner's portrayal of John Dutton, the patriarch of the Dutton family, captivated

00:17 audiences, but the show initially faced criticism for its plot twists and unlikable characters.

00:22 Despite rumors of a feud and the show's cancellation, Costner and Taylor Sheridan

00:26 worked together on Yellowstone as fulfilling a promise they made to collaborate in their

00:30 careers, although their visions for the show's direction may have clashed.

00:34 In 2018, Yellowstone was a great return to television for Kevin Costner, who hadn't

00:39 had a major television role since Hatfield and McCoy's.

00:42 The history show had earned him a Golden Globe and an Emmy, so it was high time to return

00:46 with a new project.

00:47 The actor didn't just star in the show, he was also an executive producer and as such,

00:52 got to work closely with Taylor Sheridan, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter behind other

00:56 highly successful projects like Hell or High Water.

00:59 While fans believe the duo are currently feuding over Kevin Costner's exit from Yellowstone

01:03 and the show's cancellation, they had made a promise to work together at some point in

01:07 their careers, which they fulfilled when teaming up for this project.

01:10 Kevin Costner's return to the small screen in 2018 was welcomed by fans, who had been

01:15 waiting for a new project for over five years.

01:17 Initially, the show wasn't a hit with audiences, who didn't find that many characters were

01:21 likable and thought that the show's plot twists were reminiscent of a soap opera.

01:25 However, as Taylor Sheridan expanded his vision of the show from season two onward, fans fell

01:30 in love with not only the show itself, but also how Kevin Costner portrayed John Dutton,

01:35 the patriarch of the Dutton family.

01:36 In both the show and on set, Kevin Costner was a father figure to many of his co-stars,

01:41 who loved working with him and getting his advice to advance their careers.

01:45 As such, they were understandably upset to hear that Kevin Costner would not resign after

01:49 season five wraps up.

01:51 Fearing rumors that he was going to be replaced by Matthew McConaughey understandably upset

01:55 fans, and the confirmation served to further alienate them.

01:59 When deciding on who was going to leave the stellar cast of Yellowstone, which sports

02:02 such names as Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, and Sam Elliott, producers went back to a

02:07 promise that Kevin Costner and Taylor Sheridan had made to each other.

02:10 The two men had decided to find a mutually rewarding project to work together.

02:14 Before the series started shooting, Keith Cox, the president of development and production

02:18 at Paramount, described their relationship and what fans could expect of their collaboration.

02:23 "Our goal is to bring premium cinematic storytelling to television.

02:27 With an icon such as Kevin Costner in front of the camera and the renowned Taylor Sheridan

02:31 behind the camera, we are off to a great start," he said, adding, "We are thrilled to have

02:35 such a celebrated actor as Costner to play the lead role in such an important project

02:39 for Paramount Network."

02:41 However, as it turned out, working together, something the two had anticipated for so long,

02:45 turned sour after five seasons and Kevin Costner walked out on the show despite having made

02:50 a fortune with each episode he shot.

02:52 It appears that there was a rift between Kevin Costner's and Taylor Sheridan's visions

02:56 of how the show should evolve and how much leeway Kevin would have in vetoing particular

03:00 developments in the script.

03:01 In June 2023, Taylor Sheridan finally opened up about what happened.

03:06 While he denied that they were feuding over Kevin Costner's exit, he was still disappointed

03:10 about how it played out.

03:11 Officially, Kevin Costner left the show to work on his upcoming movie, Horizon.

03:15 He cited scheduling concerns and Taylor explained that he tried to work with him to resolve

03:19 them.

03:20 "My last conversation with Kevin was that he had this passion project he wanted to direct,"

03:24 he said, as reported in the source above.

03:26 "He and the network were arguing about when he could be done with Yellowstone.

03:30 I said, 'We can certainly work a schedule toward his exit date,' which we did."

03:34 Moreover, Taylor Sheridan also expressed his admiration for Kevin's acting abilities

03:39 and his portrayal of the central character in Yellowstone.

03:41 "My opinion of Kevin as an actor hasn't altered," he explained.

03:45 "His creation of John Dutton is symbolic and powerful, and I've never had an issue

03:49 with Kevin that he and I couldn't work out on the phone."

03:52 The screenwriter also denied rumors that he had been rude to Kevin Costner, telling him

03:56 to stick to acting rather than poking his nose into writing and producing the series.

04:00 "I never had that conversation with Kevin," he said.

Kevin Costner Landed His Yellowstone Role Thanks To A Deal He Struck With acclaim the love of fans

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