It is official: Kevin Costner won’t be returning to the Dutton Ranch.
After greater than a yr of hypothesis that the actor had walked away from his hit collection Yellowstone to concentrate on different skilled tasks, Costner lastly confirmed he will not be returning as John Dutton III for half two of the Paramount collection’ fifth and ultimate season.
“I simply wished to succeed in out and allow you to know that, after this lengthy year-and-a-half of engaged on Horizon, and doing all of the issues that that is required,” the 69-year-old mentioned in a June 20 Instagram video, “and occupied with Yellowstone—that beloved collection that I like, that I do know you like—I simply realized that I’m not going to have the ability to proceed season 5-B, or into the longer term.”
Nonetheless, the Oscar winner admitted he is without end grateful for the once-in-a-lifetime position because the patriarch of the fictional Montana ranching household.
“It was one thing that actually modified me,” Costner, who starred on the drama for 4 and a half seasons from 2018 to 2022, added. “I cherished it, and I do know you liked it. I simply wished to let you recognize that I will not be returning.”