While promoting his latest film, the epic Western “Horizon,” Kevin Costner admitted that he was open to returning to “Yellowstone,” which is filming its second half of Season 5, despite previous reports that he was at odds with the producers. However, this is not the first time that he doubled down on his love for the show.
The Oscar winner told Today that he would “love to go back to under the right circumstances I think that all of us want,” adding that the series has been “really important to him.” He added that “there’s always a chance,” and he wanted to be “really clear” about the fact that he loves the project.
The series is currently in production for its final episodes, after the production delays both from the reported conflict with Costner and the Hollywood strikes. Now, it will premiere in November 2024. However, in recent months, the actor and director has opened up about his real reasons to leave the show, clearing up rumors that he didn’t want to work “for more than a week.”
Costner reveals what really ‘bothered’ him about Yellowstone’s rumors
In May, Costner told GQ that the reason for his abrupt exit from the show was the decision to split Season 5 in two halves, creating a scheduling conflict with his passion project “Horizon.” The Oscar winner told them that he had a contract to do his film: “I think there was a belief that I couldn’t get it mounted, but I didn’t really care what anybody believed.”
The actor also clarified the rumor that he “only wanted to work one week,” saying that the script delay for the second half of Season 5 came late, and he only had a week before he had to move to “Horizon.”
Kevin Costner in “Yellowstone” (IMDb)
“My big disappointment is I never heard Paramount or 101 really come to my defense and say, ‘That’s not true. He was going to do three more seasons.’ I started off only giving three seasons, ended up doing five and got embroiled in a thing that I don’t feel one person over there ever told the story correctly, ever, about what I had done and what I’ve been willing to do,” he explained to the outlet.
“That’s really f- bothered me, that none of them would actually try to set the record straight,” Costner concluded. However, since then, it seems like he has softened towards the idea of a return.
He told ET back in April that he would like to end John Dutton’s arc in the series. “Maybe this will circle back to me. If it does and I feel really comfortable with [it], I’d love to do it,” he revealed.
