With the amazing return of season five of Yellowstone part B Kevin Costner (Open Range, Field of Dreams) who portrays” John Dutton” is rumored to not be returning.
Costner “Dutton” according to TV Line . Was seen riding his last horse off into the sunset. A closure for the episode and his time as a part of the cast. Costner will not be finishing the second half of season five.
Christina Voros (Ma,127 Hours) who directed four of the six episodes (which premiere on Paramount Network Sunday at 8/7c), tells TV Line sister site The Hollywood Reporter that the uncompromising head of the Dutton family continues to have a significant impact on the events. “His existence is essential”.
According to Tv Line varos expressed that “I think to say any more than that,” she adds, “would potentially compromise all the work that went into redacting the scripts” to keep plot twists secret. “But I think the reason people are wondering, ‘Is he, isn’t he? Where is he, where is he not?’ is because he is the patriarch, and his presence is an essential component to the story. John Dutton is still central.”
Voros made her producers and the network proud by keeping the mystery alive. Perhaps even more intriguingly, she remains ambiguous about Costner’s presence on set. “I don’t know if we were without him,” she insists. “I don’t know!”
Varos continuously express how the character Dutton’s departure will affect the show. She goes a little bit in depth about how reading through the first read that actors usually get a sense of who their character is and find out what’s actually happening in the show themselves.
In Tv Line article she explains that when she first read the script, “it made me feel really lucky to get to direct it. Taylor always has a sense of where something is going to end, and the joy is watching him find how we get there. So, all I can say is… I felt tremendously grateful to be a part of telling this chapter in the story.”