Yellowstone Kevin Costner Says Taylor Sheridan’s Story Turning Into A Series Was A Surprise Revelation

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Taylor Sheridan pitched Kevin Costner the dramatic Western "Yellowstone," even though he had no idea what he would be doing

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Costner recalled what he said during this week's press day celebrating Paramount+'s recent launch in the U.K

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Cosner had no idea that the project would eventually be turned into a television series

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The actor explained that switching from film to television was no problem for him, who likes to immerse himself in characters

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This week, Paramount+ launched in the UK, offering a broad slate of more than 8,000 hours of programming, much of which is from 101 Studios

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As for the male characters like Rip Wheeler, the ranch enforcer, and John Dutton, the patriarch of the Dutton ranching empire, Costner said the same thing

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"Rip is doing things a lot of guys wish they could do," he said, referring to the universal wishes some of the characters on the show accomplish

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John Dutton, in really critical moments, says things we wish we would have thought of on the spot, so movies have been like that for me

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