Jeremy Clarkson “Takes Inspiration From Kevin Costner’s Yellowstone Rancher John Dutton”
deadline.comJeremy Clarkson says he is bowed, but not beaten, by the local government bureaucracy he encounters as a farmer, but is inspired to fight by Kevin Costner’s character in Yellowstone.
The former Grand Tour presenter, whose hit Amazon Video show Clarkson’s Farm will return for a third series on May 3, told The Times newspaper he’s been watching the Paramount+ drama Yellowstone and is taking his cue to challenge officialdom from Costner’s character of rancher John Dutton: “I’ve been watching Yellowstone.
When someone displeases them, they murder them, take them across the state line and throw them in a ravine. I’ve been looking at that scene a lot.” Clarkson’s turn to farming has seen a freshly successful chapter in his long TV career.
The first series was commissioned for a single season in 2019 but went on to become the UK’s most watched Amazon original show.
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