Jeff Bridges nearly played John Dutton before Kevin Costner landed 'Yellowstone' role
Jeff Bridges came close to ruling the Dutton ranch."Yellowstone" creator Taylor Sheridan originally envisioned the Oscar winner as John Dutton before executives pushed for Kevin Costner."Because he had worked with Jeff on 'Hell or High Water' and he really liked him, and he thought he would be great," Kevin Kay, former top Paramount executive, explained during an appearance on "The Joint Venture Show."But the conversation quickly shifted to another Hollywood heavyweight.TAYLOR SHERIDAN SAYS HOLLYWOOD DIDN'T BELIEVE IN ‘YELLOWSTONE,’ NOT IT'S A TV EMPIRE"And I was kind of like, 'Listen, he's a great actor, but I'm thinking about the marketing, and I'm thinking about the poster, and I'm thinking about who is going to be on a horse with a cowboy hat, and I'm not seeing Jeff Bridges," Kay admitted."Like, I could see Jeff Bridges, but then suddenly I was like, 'What about Costner? Can we get Costner?'" he recalled.
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Jeff Bridges came close to ruling the Dutton ranch."Yellowstone" creator Taylor Sheridan originally envisioned the Oscar winner as John Dutton before executives pushed for Kevin Costner."Because he had worked with Jeff on 'Hell or High Water' and he really liked him, and he thought he would be great," Kevin Kay, former top Paramount executive, explained during an appearance on "The Joint Venture Show."But the conversation quickly shifted to another Hollywood heavyweight.TAYLOR SHERIDAN SAYS HOLLYWOOD DIDN'T BELIEVE IN ‘YELLOWSTONE,’ NOT IT'S A TV EMPIRE"And I was kind of like, 'Listen, he's a great actor, but I'm thinking about the marketing, and I'm thinking about the poster, and I'm thinking about who is going to be on a horse with a cowboy hat, and I'm not seeing Jeff Bridges," Kay admitted."Like, I could see Jeff Bridges, but then suddenly I was like, 'What about Costner? Can we get Costner?'" he recalled. "And we did get him."Landing Costner, however, wasn't easy."It was painful because Kevin Costner doesn't like to do TV apparently," Kay said. "He's a movie actor.""And he had done the 'Hatfields & McCoys' and he had a really bad experience," the TV executive claimed.
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- Jeff Bridges came close to ruling the Dutton ranch."Yellowstone" creator Taylor Sheridan originally envisioned the Oscar winner as John Dutton before executives pushed for Kevin Costner."Because he had worked with Jeff on 'Hell or High Water' and he really liked him, and he thought he would be great," Kevin Kay, former top Paramount executive, explained during an appearance on "The Joint Venture Show."But the conversation quickly shifted to another Hollywood heavyweight.TAYLOR SHERIDAN SAYS HOLLYWOOD DIDN'T BELIEVE IN ‘YELLOWSTONE,’ NOT IT'S A TV EMPIRE"And I was kind of like, 'Listen, he's a great actor, but I'm thinking about the marketing, and I'm thinking about the poster, and I'm thinking about who is going to be on a horse with a cowboy hat, and I'm not seeing Jeff Bridges," Kay admitted."Like, I could see Jeff Bridges, but then suddenly I was like, 'What about Costner? Can we get Costner?'" he recalled.
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