And I’ve tried to glean from Taylor, how is John totally different at this age? Is he tougher? Is he so heartbroken about his spouse that he is chilly? There’s components of John Dutton which can be Kevin Costner, but additionally very a lot Taylor. One of many cool issues with Yellowstone is that Taylor does cowboy camp, which is fairly intense, and I used to be in a position to watch him and be like, “I believe there’s stuff I wish to take from him into John.” And I am certain Kevin does that, too. However I positively felt a frightening sense of duty. Regardless that the items are transient, they’re seminal, proper? I’d do the scenes, I’d stroll away, and I would not be like “Yeah, I nailed that!” I’d really feel like, “Fuck, I hope I bought it.” [Laughs.]
Have you ever and Kevin ever immediately chatted concerning the character?
No, we by no means did. I did not purposely keep away. We do not work collectively, clearly, and I’ve had nothing however the nicest interactions with him. Kevin’s a very nice man. I do not know that John Dutton is, however I believe Kevin is. [Laughs.] I believe, possibly respectfully, he is simply all the time been like, you do your factor. So, certain, I’d like to know that he is proud of what I am doing, however I additionally then must type of fall into the mindset of John Dutton, like, I do not give a fuck.
You talked about earlier that Taylor stated from the start that season 5 can be when your function actually picked up, however I’ve to think about it’s onerous to take a seat at residence and financial institution on that.
I by no means did. To me, I’ve by no means gotten any Hollywood sense of Taylor, however that might simply be Hollywood speak, and he isn’t that man. However I nonetheless did not—not that I by no means considered it once more. I all the time was like, “I want I used to be doing extra on that present,” as a result of I genuinely beloved making it to start with and I had identified how profitable it was. It took seeing it for me to get much more like, “Wow, that’s one thing that I’d actually like to be part of.”
Did you ever ask Taylor what the large distinction is between who John is within the interval you’re enjoying him and when Kevin is inhabiting the character?
He stated one factor. I used to be like, “Is he lonely?” He stated, “He is too fucking busy to be lonely!” And the best way he stated it made me suppose, “Is he speaking about John Dutton or Taylor Sheridan?” [Laughs.] Once more, I need not construct up the mythology of Taylor, however how the fuck is that man doing what he is doing? He’s a one-man band. He controls…and I imply management in a great way. An instance can be the day I began taking pictures this season, I heard the director, Christina [Alexandra Voros], name Taylor and be like, “He is carrying chaps, proper?” And Taylor was like, “No, he isn’t fucking carrying chaps!” And she or he was like, “No, no, no, Taylor, I am not speaking concerning the scene within the governor’s workplace, I am speaking about on the horse. So he takes them off, right?” And he is like, “Yeah!” To me, the truth that he is coping with the costumes at that stage, on a particular day-to-day foundation of what, 9 exhibits now, and that every one of it’s in his mind, I’ve nothing however mad respect for it.
