Kevin Costner had a brutal reaction to the Yellowstone season 5 finale

After five tumultuous and hugely popular television seasons, Taylor Sheridan “Yellowstone” Finally ride off into the sunset. Fans know this is far from the end of the franchise; The prequel series “1923”, starring Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren, will return for its second and final season in February 2025, while the spinoff series “1944” and “The Madison” (with Michelle Pfeiffer and Matthew Fox), are an untitled continuation of the series “1923” from Starring Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren. The story of Beth (Kelly Reilly) and Rip (Cole Hauser), and perhaps “6666” is on the way. Yellowstone, for better or worse, is going nowhere.

One person who is unlikely to set foot on the farm again is Kevin Costner, the star of whose John Dutton III was the driving force of the original series. Costner and Sheridan’s happy creative marriage hit the rocks hard when the duo couldn’t figure out how the former would be able to film His epic Western film “Horizon: An American Saga” While fulfilling his obligations to Yellowstone. This ended with Costner quitting the show, which led to Sheridan scripting it by having a group of assassins take down John.

In the wake of the episode that featured Dutton’s death (which for the first time appeared to be a suicide), Costner told radio host Michael Smerconish that he had not watched it. “I heard it was a suicide, so that doesn’t make me want to rush out to go see him,” he said. However, fans can’t help but wonder if the star followed the mini-season and caught up on the finale. Thanks to the Daily Mailthey finally got their answer.

If you were hoping Costner had softened his stance on Sheridan and the “Yellowstone” franchise, you can forget about it entirely. “I don’t think about (the ending),” Costner said. “I don’t think I gave him any ideas. We’ll leave that aside.”

This sounds pretty awful Like the classic dril meme“I’m not crazy. Please don’t write in the newspaper that I’m angry.” Costner has a reputation for being prickly in interviews, and he added the reason he was let go was because the eventual sequel to “Horizon: An American Saga” was snatched from New Line’s release schedule when the first film was partially financed by the star. It grossed only $38.2 million from a budget of $50 million (after receiving mostly negative reviews). There’s no word yet on when “Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2” will hit theaters, and what will happen with the promised third and fourth chapters of the saga.

As such, it’s understandable that Costner would look at it Sheridan’s rapidly expanding world of Yellowstone And you feel a little raw about it. Then again, he makes movies, and he won the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Director for “Dances with Wolves” to back up his mastery of the craft. It was a less than ideal creative process, but we like Costner.

“Yellowstone” is currently streaming on Peacock.