“Taylor Sheridan’s Bold Stand Against Harrison Ford’s ‘1923’ Proposal Amidst Kevin Costner Feud: Will It Pay Off?”
Taylor Sheridan's otherworldly ambitions has been striking fear in the heart of mortal men.
SUMMARY
- Taylor Sheridan’s ambitious ‘Yellowstone’ universe is yet to run out of spin-offs and prequel stories involving bankable stars.
- Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren got to commit to Sheridan’s project even before the script was written.
- Taylor Sheridan’s approach to hiring Harrison Ford almost went awry after his upfront and fiercely-worded pitch to the ‘Star Wars’ actor.
Taylor Sheridan may not have much to show for his decades of acting career but slaving away at the Hollywood mill did teach him a lesson or two. He then used these lessons to bring Hollywood down to its knees. Churning out award-worthy original content, prequels, and spin-offs at an ungodly pace, Sheridan makes sure the studios perk up as soon as they hear his pen scratching the surface of a paper.
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However, Sheridan’s start at the frontlines of television and streaming was not inherently without its flaws. After suffering through an ordeal while securing a platform for Yellowstone, the director encountered and overcame massive obstacles in closing the series arc. His future spin-offs have been easier to pull off, but Sheridan once came incredibly close to losing his deal with Harrison Ford.
Taylor Sheridan’s Ambitious Deal With Harrison Ford
Taylor Sheridan has always been somewhat audacious in his ambitions. But the Yellowstone creator’s stunt involving Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren might have been the most daring of them all. Talking actors into doing movie and television roles is difficult as it is, but Sheridan has a god-like ability to cast the biggest names imaginable even before a word of his new series has been penned or scripted.
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As such, when the rancher finally got the chance to work with Harrison Ford, one of the first things that he demanded of the Star Wars legend was his irrevocable commitment to the series 1923. In an interview with Deadline, Taylor Sheridan reveals how the particularly weird interaction went down:
“He flew down. I said, we’re going to do this thing together. He goes, can I read a script? I said, you can when it’s written, but it ain’t written yet and you got to commit to it now. I need to know who I’m writing for. I’m done wondering who I’m writing for, and I have to go try to chase the person I had in my mind and I can’t get the person because they’re doing some fu*king Netflix show. I don’t do that shit anymore.
So, are you going to do it or are you going to watch Chris Cooper do the next great thing? What do you want to do? I poured about two bottles of wine down him. He said yes. I got him on the plane as fast as I could, closed the deal and said, send me the next one. Then came Helen, and same thing. Have a glass of wine.”