Now the return date of “Yellowstone” has been revealed, kevin costner He can’t help but feel “disappointed” with how the rumors surrounding his exit were handled by production.
“I loved the show. I loved the people on the show. I loved the storylines. I loved that world,” the 69-year-old actor, who played John Dutton III on the series for five seasons, said. People Magazine,
After the first half of the fifth season aired late last year, the show took a break for the holidays. ready to return to filming early in the new year, but it was pushed back until this summer. The cast is currently filming in Montana.
‘Yellowstone’ ends after second half of season five amid Kevin Costner drama
Kevin Costner has big plans for the new year, including the release of his four-part film series “Horizon.” (Mark von Holden)
Although Costner was willing to continue, he said “the script wasn’t there.”
“There was a time when the show was on hiatus for 14 months for me… that’s true,” he said. “I could have done a lot in that time, but I didn’t know it was going to happen.”
On Thursday, Paramount Network announced that the season five finale is set to premiere on Sunday, November 10.
Prior to the news, Costner said he was well aware of the online buzz surrounding his resignation and that he was unhappy with the news. Lack of support from production,
Kevin Costner opens up about his future character John Dutton on the hit show “Yellowstone.” (Paramount Network)
“I read all the stories,” he said. “I was disappointed that no one on their behalf ever stepped up to defend what I actually did for them. There was a moment when I thought, ‘Wow, when is someone going to say something about what I have and haven’t done?'”
Despite the disappointment, Costner told the outlet that he’s still interested in returning and sorting out any issues.
“I’ve always felt that…it could be an interesting moment to come back and complete this Modern Family mythology,” he said. “And if that happens, I’d step in if I agreed with how it was being done.”
He said, “In the end, there wasn’t anything more I could do about it than what I had already done.”
It is still unclear whether Costner will return for the final episodes.
Kevin Costner was “disappointed” with how the “Yellowstone” production handled rumors surrounding his exit. (Photo: Axel/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)
in an interview with deadlines Last month, Costner said he had “fulfilled” his contract despite ongoing speculation and explained the events that led to the show’s closure.
“There was no script,” Costner said. The film is yet to be made in the second half of season 5 (5B), revealed. “And then things fell apart. You’ve been reading one version (of the show’s issues) for a year and a half.”
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Several sources alleged that Costner only wanted to work for one week and then shoot the rest of the episodes, which would be difficult for him since he is the star of the show.
“I left my movie (‘Horizon’) to be on time for 5B,” Costner said. “I went in exactly when they wanted, and that made it difficult for me. Turns out they didn’t have a script for 5B. They needed four more days to finish the first eight episodes. I left early to give them what they needed to finish the eight episodes, and I felt bad that the audience didn’t get 10 episodes. They didn’t have a script for anything else.”
He further added, “So, what you read at the end was that I said, ‘Look, I am doing my film. If you want me to work for a week because you want to kill me or something, I can give you a week.’ I actually didn’t have that week to give them, but I said, I will do it. And then they put it in a way that I only want to work for a week.”
Kevin Costner reportedly had schedule conflicts while filming Season 5. (Paramount Network)
“Do you think I am like that?” he added. “I have never missed a day of work. I have never left without fulfilling my contractual obligations. At times, I stay at work as long as I can.”
Costner, who has faced a lot of criticism over the show’s future, admitted he was “upset” by the lack of support from production.
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“They were quiet and that bothered me, that’s how you work,” he confessed. “Why don’t you join me? I went and sold this thing for you. I was only supposed to do one season. I built it to three. I finished three. So, I went from one to three, then I did a fourth season for them, and they wanted to do three more. So, I was contracted to do that. They failed. I was contracted to do five, six and seven. I was contracted to do that. There was nothing I could do to get out of it, nor was I trying to figure out how when we started.”
“(Production) didn’t have a script. And they wrote these other three shows,” he said, referring to the various “Yellowstone” spinoffs.
Kevin Costner said he would be open to returning for the final season. (Paramount Network)
“They never talk about it. And they just remembered that we were releasing the series in June, then it got moved to October. They covered it by changing their release pattern. That time was about a 14-month period. I said, ‘I could never go through that period where you’re locked up for over a year and I have nothing to do.’ I just tried to protect myself, but I never put myself in the position of ‘Yellowstone’ in the first place. I filled in the gaps. Did you see it?”
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Fox News Digital’s Emily Trenham contributed to this post.
