Before Yellowstone landed at Paramount, Taylor Sheridan pitched the modern Western series to a handful of other networks, including HBO.
In his cover story with The Hollywood Reporter, the 53-year-old filmmaker opened up about HBO’s critiques of the series as he attempted to get the show greenlit and just why the network hated Beth Dutton. Keep reading to find out more… According to Taylor, HBO went back and forth with him on giving Yellowstone a series order for a multitude of reasons.
The first issue was Kevin Costner playing John Dutton, as they wanted Robert Redford. “They said, ‘If you can get us Robert Redford, we’ll greenlight the pilot,’” he recalled. “I drive to Sundance and spend the day with [Redford] and he agrees to play John Dutton.
I call the senior vice president in charge of production and say, ‘I got him!’ ‘You got who?’ ‘Robert Redford.’ ‘What?!‘ ‘You said if I got Robert Redford, you’d greenlight the show.’ And he says — and you can’t make this shit up — ‘We meant a Robert Redford type.’” Beyond that, Taylor also said that HBO was not a fan of Beth Dutton, who is played by Kelly Reilly, and said that women would hate her too. “‘We think she’s too abrasive.
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