Kevin Costner denied Chris Hemsworth role in new project — cast himself instead

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role of a lifetime in a Kevin Costner film — to the Oscar winner himself.“There was a movie, a script that I’d read and loved and was like, ‘I want to get that,’ and then someone said, ‘Kevin Costner has that [role],’” Hemsworth, 40, told “Entertainment Tonight” on April 11.The Aussie star continued: “I’d love [to have] him as a director.

I was like, ‘Goddamnit!’ [I spent] an hour the other day trying to convince him, and he was like, ‘I’m doing it, kid.’ Didn’t work.

I didn’t get the part.”Hemsworth said that the “abstract and interesting” film was just “a small story about a man and a woman,” but didn’t reveal what project it was.The “Thor” alum noted that Costner, 69, was better suited for the role as it had to do with the “Western environment.”“The Bodyguard” actor has starred on the neo-Western family TV drama series “Yellowstone” since 2018.“It’s better seen in his wheelhouse for sure,” Hemsworth added, noting that the film had horses involved. “[Costner] is a horse wrangler, and my wife, [Elsa Pataky], read [the script] and loves horses,” he said. “We have 10 or 11 horses back home and so she’s like, ‘You’ve got to do this.’”The “JFK” actor, meanwhile, got candid about Hemsworth’s interest at Las Vegas’ CinemaCon event on April 9.“It’s a love story, but as long as I’m still young enough to play it, I’ll play it.

Chris will have to wait his turn,” Costner told ET at the time.He joked that Hemsworth is “so handsome, and he’s so good.” “He’s going to have to go find his [own] love story. [But] I’m glad he likes this one.