Kevin Costner Confirms He Will Not Return To ‘Yellowstone’

Kevin Costner has formally confirmed his departure from “Yellowstone.” Costner took to Instagram to reveal that he’ll not be reprising his position on the present hours after Paramount Community revealed the return date for the hit collection’ remaining episodes.

The announcement has left followers reeling, as Costner’s character, John Dutton, has been a central determine within the drama’s success.

Kevin Costner lately expressed disappointment about how none of his former co-stars stood up for him after rumors instructed that the conflict in filming “Horizon: An American Saga” was guilty for his exit.

The star of the hit Paramount Community collection “Yellowstone” took to his Instagram account to share an replace on the reprisal of his John Dutton character on the present.

“An replace for you guys. I am going to see you on the films,” he captioned the video publish, per Deadline.

“I wish to attain out and allow you to know that after this lengthy 12 months and a half of engaged on Horizon and doing all of the issues that is required, and interested by Yellowstone, that beloved collection that I like, that I do know you like, I simply realized that I am not going to have the ability to proceed Season 5B or into the longer term,” he mentioned.

Costner continued, “It was one thing that actually modified me. I cherished it. And I do know you liked it. And I simply needed to let you understand that I will not be returning and I like the connection we have been capable of develop and I am going to see you on the films.”

Within the feedback part of Costner’s publish, followers expressed their unhappiness at his departure however famous gratitude for what he did whereas on the hit collection. Others said they might not assist the present.

One individual wrote, “Bummer. You had been a terrific a part of Yellowstone, and will not be the identical (or final for for much longer) with out you in it. All one of the best in your future endeavors. Have been an enormous fan of [yours] for lengthy.”

One other mentioned, “Thanks for all you gave to Yellowstone, it will not be the identical with out you. Life’s journey is at all times full of various roads. I’m wanting ahead to the street that results in Horizon.”

“It was a terrific present however you had been the center of it, so I simply misplaced my curiosity in supporting it. Cannot look ahead to Horizon, although!” a 3rd individual commented.

Yet one more fan wrote, “It was a terrific collection! Liked it! Will not be watching with out you on the present..wanting ahead to Horizon half 1&2! See you on the films!”

With Costner’s exit, the destiny of the Dutton ranch and the way forward for the present are unsure. Followers have additionally taken to social media to share their dissatisfaction.

In a latest interview with People magazine, the “Hidden Figures” actor expressed his disappointment along with his former co-stars, decrying how none of them stood up for him relating to prior rumors surrounding his exit.

“I learn all of the tales,” he mentioned. “I used to be dissatisfied that no one on their facet… ever stepped as much as defend what it was I truly did for them. There got here a second the place I believed, ‘Wow, when is someone going to say one thing about what I’ve accomplished versus what I have never accomplished?'”

He emphasised that he loves the present and has needed to make sacrifices to accommodate filming schedules. Costner famous that the collection was first pitched to him as a prolonged one-season film, however after the community needed it to go on, he “stepped up.”

“I mentioned, ‘I am going to do it for 3 seasons,'” he shared, “and I ended up doing it for 5.”

Elsewhere in his interview with Individuals, the 69-year-old actor shared that he was not completely shutting the door on a return to the collection; nonetheless, sure situations needed to be met.

“I’ve at all times felt that…It is perhaps an fascinating second to return again and end the mythology of this modern-day household,” he mentioned. “And if that occurs, I might step into it if I agreed with the way it was being accomplished.”

He added, “Within the very finish, I could not do any extra for it than I had already accomplished.”

Costner’s exit from the present comes after he was reportedly embroiled in a three-way feud involving his camp, present producer Taylor Sheridan and Paramount Community.

In line with The Hollywood Reporter, the bane of the matter appears to be Costner’s liking for a way his character ends. He reportedly needed to have a say in his character’s destiny, however Sheridan, like most showrunners, doesn’t let actors select their storylines.

In an look at CinemaCon to advertise his film “Horizon: An American Saga,” Costner shared how he’d love for his character on the present to finish, per Entertainment Tonight.

“[Dutton] must be proactive in what occurs, and I’ve sort of had my very own fantasy about how [the character’s final arc] is perhaps,” Costner defined. “However that is Taylor’s factor. I mentioned as a lot to him some time again. I had ideas about the way it might occur, however we simply should see.”