Luke Grimes wasn’t too sad when Kevin Costner left “Yellowstone.”
A candid chat with the 40-year-old actor, who plays Kayce Dutton on the hit series Sir Regarding Costner’s controversial departure from the show.
“Hopefully everyone can see that now is the time,” Grimes said in the interview published Tuesday. “To be honest, a part of Kevin was gone that meant some of the struggle was gone.”
Grimes added, “Apparently, he wasn’t much fun to be around.” “No one’s pointing fingers, but this was actually the easiest season we’ve filmed.”
After this Costner left “Yellowstone” Filming of only the first part of Season 5 and proceeded to focus on my The new Western film series, “Horizon.”
The Oscar winner has denied that he left the show because of this Alleged feud with producer Taylor Sheridan,
During the season 5B premiere, which aired on November 11, Costner’s John Dutton was murdered In a plot hatched by lawyer Sarah Atwood (Dawn Olivieri), intense reaction from fans,
costner John’s death mourned on SiriusXM “The Michael Smerconish Program” and revealed that he had no prior knowledge of his character’s fate.
“I did not see it. I heard it’s suicide. “This keeps me from having to rush to see it,” he said.
At the 2024 Governors Awards on November 17, Costner admitted that it was the producers’ decision what to do with John.
“Who am I? They do what they want. That’s fine with me,” the star said.
with Only one episode left of “Yellowstone” Grimes tells Esquire that she’s ready to say goodbye to the show that has dominated her life since 2018.
“It feels like a good time. Seven years is a long time to do anything, and I had never played a character for more than a few months before,” explained the actor.
“I loved it all. But part of it is — once you read those final episodes — you realize there’s a finality to it,” Grimes said.
Grimes also revealed whether she has noticed Fan reaction to season 5 -Especially how he felt about John’s death.
“In the past, no, because it would have hurt my feelings. This year, I read a little fan reaction about John Dutton passing away,” he shared. “I was just interested in how people were feeling about it, because I think we all had a pretty good idea that people weren’t going to like it very much. But I am careful.”
When he was asked whether fans would be happy with this? series finale On Sunday’s broadcast, Grimes said with a laugh, “At the pace we’re going, I don’t think they’ll be satisfied with anything.”
The “American Sniper” star added, “What few people will realize is that it was very well written and well executed.” “But a big part will be angry that it’s over, which is fair.”
it was Announced that “Yellowstone” will end With season 5 following in May 2023.
Deadline reported this on Wednesday A spinoff series about Kelly Reilly’s Beth and Cole Hauser’s Rip Set in the same current time frame as the flagship series.
Sources also told Deadline that “doing another season” of “Yellowstone” is not out of the question.
The “Yellowstone” season 5B finale airs Sunday at 8pm ET on Paramount Network.
