Wes Bentley chats with THR at the 'Yellowstone' season 5 finale premiere and dishes on the challenge of keeping the show's ending a secret. Plus, he talks about how Kevin Costner's absence was felt on set during this last season.
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00:00I heard that this season was so secretive. Half the cast doesn't know how it's going to end.
00:04What was it like to film everything when everything was so hush-hush?
00:08You know, yeah, it was difficult for me partly because I felt guilty because I did know everything.
00:12I had read, I had the scripts at my house and had read them and everything but it was good too.
00:17I was able to give some actors some context that was needed for them to play the scenes fully.
00:22Yeah, it's tricky. The other thing is we have a great crew who've been with us from the beginning
00:25and they're like family and they're as invested in the show as we are so they didn't get to know
00:29anything sometimes and they wouldn't know until we shot it which was like a mixed bag. It's sort
00:35of cool to do that but you know they're part of the show so they felt a little bit sad they didn't
00:39get to be privy even to what we were doing. Did you tell anyone? Did you have a secret keeper?
00:44No, I didn't tell anybody. Not even my family. Yeah, so I'm excited for this to come out.
00:50Of course, another big talking point for a lot of people, Kevin Costner's absence.
00:54How do you think that the audience will react to John Dutton's Gate?
00:58You know, it's going to be difficult. I think a lot, you know, a lot like for Jamie whose his
01:03whole focus in the world was on John Dutton and I think at times the show feels like that and
01:07you know we definitely, we miss him. He's a huge part of the show and a great guy to have around
01:13and wonderful to work with and so you know I wish him all luck in the world but we definitely miss him.
01:19Finally, I know some people in the past have called Yellowstone a red state show.
01:22That's something that Taylor Sheridan has disagreed with. How do you think that the show
01:26kind of bridges the gap when we're in the midst of such a political divide right now?
01:30You know, I think Taylor's done a great job of sort of dipping his toe into politics but it
01:35doesn't quite feel like our modern era. It doesn't quite feel connected completely so in a way we're
01:41able to step away from it as well. It feels like it feels like everybody's interested in this show
01:46in some way or another. It's speaking to everybody so I have a hard time calling it a red state show
01:50for that reason too. I know it's rural. I know it's in a red state but I think that just it's
01:55too simplified. It's much more complex and much more about people than it is about politics.
02:01Finally, should we hold out hope for a season six?
02:04I think it's modern TV. Hold out hope and it may come to you. Who knows?