“Exclusive: Sam Elliot Drops Hint About Secret ‘Yellowstone’ Spin-off Project”

In a recent interview with Variety, legendary actor Sam Elliott, star of 1883, talked about working in the wildly popular prequel series. The limited series is set prior to the events of the original show with Elliott playing Shea Brennan. Brennan is a Civil War veteran turned cowboy who leads the Duttons from Texas to Montana. While Brennan has a tough exterior, the complexity of his emotions was a masterclass in acting from Elliott.

Elliott explained the role wasn’t a big stretch for him because he was very familiar with the genre. But the series allowed to him to go places he “had never gone before in that genre” as much of Brennan’s character was internalized.

Even with some difficult filming conditions, Elliott valued the experience and found it difficult to say goodbye.

“Let’s do a prequel of this,” Elliott told Variety. He pointed out that there are questions remaining from 1883. “Where was LaMonica? Where were those two guys? Pick it up after the war, when they were Pinkertons. There’s plenty of stuff to do.”

While there currently aren’t any plans to revisit Brennan in the Yellowstone universe, it’s a possibility.

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