Kevin Costner has simply slammed the door shut on his return because the character he made well-known – John Dutton — within the tremendous in style TV collection “Yellowstone.”
The legendary actor posted an Instagram video Thursday, explaining that he wouldn’t be reprising his position as Dutton in episodes for the second half of the present’s fifth season, which can kick off November 10 on Paramount Community.
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In his IG vid, Kev stated he’d been engaged on “Horizon: An American Saga” over the previous year-and-a-half … when he realized it was time to name it quits on “Yellowstone.”
He added that the epic western was “something that really changed” him and that he liked it … however wished his followers to know “I will not be returning.”
As you already know, Kevin performed John Dutton III for a number of years, starting in 2018, alongside costars Luke Grimes, Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser.
In the course of the 2023 Hollywood author’s strike, manufacturing of ‘Yellowstone’s fifth season was placed on maintain and Paramount introduced it might be not less than a 12 months earlier than the collection would air once more.
What’s extra, there have been reportedly points between Kevin and the present’s co-creator, Taylor Sheridan, over what number of days Costner wished to movie on set as a result of he was additionally directing “Horizon” and making an attempt to handle his time.
However, Kevin informed Deadline that regardless of what anybody says he “made Yellowstone the first priority, and to insinuate anything else would be wrong.”
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In a current “Today” interview, Kevin left the door open for a doable return to “Yellowstone,” telling Savannah Guthrie that the capturing scripts must be prepared if he had been to proceed.
Clearly, that is now not within the playing cards and Kevin has moved on.