PHOTOGRAPHER: DYLAN COULTER
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: DEBORAH FERGUSON
LUKE GRIMES
You do a fair amount of horseback riding and wrangling in Yellowstone. What was the training like for that, did you have any previous experience with horses?
They had me out riding for about 6 weeks before the show started. I had ridden a little before, but in Yellowstone I play a horse trainer and they wanted it to look natural for me, so I have been in the saddle quite a bit.
I know you’ve always been a big fan of Taylor Sheridan but was there anything about his directing or writing style that you were particularly impressed by when working on the show?
It is the same that impresses me as all of his work, it is rare to find such great writing in such quintessential American/western stories. The scenes play out, the dialogue is rich, and the characters are incredibly well developed. Sometimes the genre can just be flimsy masculine violence with nothing underneath. They are also always haunting, as if something feels a little too close to home.
Did you and your on-screen family – Kevin Costner, Kelly Reilly, and Wes Bentley – do any special preparation to play the Duttons?
Preparation in acting can mean a lot of things. For example NOT meeting someone could be a form of it, Or spending three days in a tent with the guys playing your brothers could also. Taylor is aware of how to prepare his actors well.
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Is there anything you drew from your real life or personal history to play Kayce Dutton?
Yes. I have never had to deal with any of the horrible things he has in terms of war, but there were paths I could go down to try and get close to feeling how he might feel like an outsider or a broken person.
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Do you have a favorite moment from shooting on location in Montana?
Some of the bigger family scenes were the most special just because we were all there in that beautiful place doing such an original project.
Yellowstone recently got renewed, which is something that seems pretty rare in television these days, what are you excited about going into the second season?
I just started today actually, and yes, it is a dreamy job to have right now.
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Are there any actors you’ve worked with or haven’t worked with who have inspired you in your career?
Philip Seymour Hoffman and Paul Newman are two that I deeply connect with. I understand they were very different but always felt to me they were telling the truth and played characters I might one day be able to play.
Having worked in both mediums, how do you characterize the difference between acting for TV and Feature?
The first I’m really finding out is sustainability. With a film you are there for a couple of months or so and then you can put it away and that’s it. With TV you never know how long you are going to have to keep this character at arm’s length and pull them back out again year after year. With an intense drama that can be a tall order.
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Credits:
Photography: Dylan Coulter
Creative Direction: Deborah Ferguson
Layout + Art Direction: Charlotte Lethbridge
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