Taylor Sheridan breaks silence on Costner feud, ‘God complex’ allegations
nypost.comthe Hollywood Reporter and also revealed that HBO passed on landing the hit show.“Look, it just feels so Middle America,” an HBO exec said, according to Sheridan. “We’re HBO, we’re avant-garde, we’re trendsetters.
This feels like a step backward. And frankly, I’ve got to be honest, I don’t think anyone should be living out there [in rural Montana].
It should be a park or something.”HBO also took issue with fan-favorite character Beth, played by Kelly Reilly, 45, Sheridan said. “‘We think she’s too abrasive,’” execs at the premium cable network said, according to Sheridan. “‘We want to tone her down.
Women won’t like her.’ They were wrong,” said Sheridan. “Because Beth says the quiet part out loud every time. When someone’s rude to you in a restaurant, or cuts you off in the parking lot, Beth says the thing you wish you’d said.”Sheridan said that he then hung up with HBO, and “They never called back.”For five seasons now, “Yellowstone” has been a hit for Paramount, drawing in as many as 17 million viewers into the saga of ranching patriarch and Montana governor John Dutton (Costner, 68) and his adult kids, Beth, Kayce (Luke Grimes, 39), and Jamie (Wes Bentley, 44).
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