Kevin Costner: “We’re almost kept separate on purpose.” Taylor Sheridan doesn’t allow one Yellowstone actor to interact with Kevin Costner during the filming of Yellowstone for some Wild Reason
Taylor Sheridan did not let Kevin Costner and Josh Lucas meet on Yellowstone to present something like The Godfather.
SUMMARY
- Josh Lucas, who played a young John Dutton, admitted that he never met with Kevin Costner on Yellowstone set.
- According to him, Taylor Sheridan never let them meet and exchange notes so that their characters can’t mirror each other.
- Josh Lucas claims that he had a talk with Taylor Sheridan and may have a bigger role in Season 5’s Part 2.
Yellowstone has been one of the most remarkable TV series in the recent past. The Taylor Sheridan show primarily focuses on the largest ranch owners in Montana, the Dutton family with its primary focus on Kevin Costner’s John Dutton III. While Costner has given an incredible performance as Dutton, actor Josh Lucas also played a younger version of the character in the series.
The Taylor Sheridan series is known for its repeated use of flashback sequences to explain present events. Surprisingly, despite playing the same character, Josh Lucas and Kevin Costner never met each other on the set. Lucas explained that Sheridan had a unique approach to the show and did not want the actors to meet.
Why did Taylor Sheridan not let Kevin Costner and Josh Lucas meet?
As per an interview with Collider, Josh Lucas felt honored to work alongside names like Taylor Sheridan and Kevin Costner. He described Sheridan as a “fascinating, amazing screenwriter and storyteller“ and revealed that it was an incredible experience to play the younger version of Costner’s character.
When Josh Lucas praised Kevin Costner as an “icon”, he was asked if he felt intimidated by the latter on set. The American Psycho actor, surprising everybody, answered that Taylor Sheridan deliberately kept them separated from each other.
“Luckily, he’s not there when I’m shooting. We’re almost kept separate on purpose. Taylor and I talked about the idea of The Godfather. When [Robert] De Niro was playing Brando, he wasn’t attempting to look or act like Marlon Brando. He was attempting to play the character. That’s what we talked about.”
Citing the example of The Godfather Part II, Josh Lucas explained that Sheridan did not want their character to be totally identical, just like how Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro never attempted to mimic each other in Francis Ford Coppola’s classic.
It can be undoubtedly said that the Yellowstone creator’s technique makes some difference. Not only does it take the pressure off Lucas, but also gives us viewers a different approach to the character. Following his popularity and experience in earlier seasons, Josh Lucas has also shown interest in returning to the series.
