There’s a good reason why Kevin Costner looks so comfortable on a horse. “I never wanted to wear a tie in my life,” admits the star. “A Western is something I can crawl into much easier.”
But that doesn’t make Yellowstone a Western or his character a cowboy, Costner says. “Dutton is like a business CEO. He struggles because he can’t deal with the problems the way his great-great-grandfathers did. ” In the first season of the series, Dutton and his family come under “a strategic white-collar attack.
“Westerns are beloved to him, so it perfectly fits the Kevin Costner mode,” a friend of the actor exclusively tells Closer magazine in the latest issue, on newsstands now. “The show so satisfies him creatively that he doesn’t feel he needs to do the big movies now. And during the hiatus, he wants to spend time with his family.”
The movie — which will air at 10 p.m. Eastern September 13 and 8 p.m. Eastern September 27 on the INSP channel — showcased Costner in the attention-grabbing role of Jake, a skirt-chasing firebrand who draws guns and makes passes with the same exuberant gusto.
Why aren’t actors horse trainers?
Actors like Kevin and others, aren’t horse trainers because they are fully engaged in their art of acting but they can look like one. They can watch and listen and follow directions so they make us believe they were born riding a horse.
It is great to see accurate portrayals of good horses in tv, not just the public’s perception of horses (neighing all the time, rearing for excitement… no, horses don’t really do that all the time). This means also that most of the horses used on the show are already very well trained, eith. Continue Reading.
He has also ridden horses in other films, so I’m sure it’s not new to him, and he doesn’t have to do anything too challenging except canter …
Well it doesn’t hurt that the writer/director/producer of the show yellowstone is a lifetime member of AQHA (American Quarter Horse Association) and he also competes in reining and cutting himself, and has made a point of featuring multiple top Quarter Horses on the show, much to the joy of us horse lovers! It is great to see accurate portrayals of good horses in tv, not just the public’s perception of horses (neighing all the time, rearing for excitement… no, horses don’t really do that all the time). This means also that most of the horses used on the show are already very well trained, eith
Why does Kevin Costner look so comfortable on a horse?
There’s a good reason why Kevin Costner looks so comfortable on a horse. “I never wanted to wear a tie in my life,” admits the star. “A Western is something I can crawl into much easier.”
Kevin continues to make music with his band, Modern West, and still accepts occasional acting gigs. He is currently on the big screen in the gothic Western Let Him Go, with Diane Lane. Kevin Costner Was Always a Hollywood Hunk! See His Transformation.
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