Luke Grimes comments on Kevin Costner's Yellowstone departure: 'Whatever ... trends now
Luke Grimes commented on Kevin Costner's departure from the popular Western series Yellowstone, calling it 'unfortunate' while expressing his understanding for Costner wanting to do a separate project.
'Whatever happened there is unfortunate if it's changed anything about how the show was going to unfold,' the 40-year-old actor-singer, who plays the role of Kayce Dutton, the son of Kevin Costner's John Dutton III character on Yellowstone, told The Independent Wednesday.
The Dayton, Ohio native has appeared on 47 episodes of the hit Western series created by Taylor Sheridan, 53, and aired on Paramount Network.
Grimes, alluding to Costner's forthcoming two-part Western drama, said that the Oscar-winner 'got busy with his movies that were like passion projects,' and it's understandable why he might choose to shift gears.
'At a certain point, you gotta do what you gotta do, man; you gotta do what you love,' he said.
Luke Grimes, 40, commented on Kevin Costner's departure from the popular Western series Yellowstone, calling it 'unfortunate' while expressing his understanding for Costner wanting to do a separate project. Pictured in NYC in November 2022
Grimes is set to commence on filming for the series fifth and final season beginning next month, according to the outlet.
Costner departed from the series in May of 2023, and it is slated to end after the second part of its fifth season airs this fall.
In February of 2023, insiders told Deadline that Costner's focus on his film Horizon: An American Saga had been 'a source of frustration for Sheridan' and had been 'causing morale problems for the other stars of the show.'
Costner's departure from the series was confirmed by May of 2023, as production sources told Entertainment Tonight that the Dances With Wolves star had departed from the series.
Costner's exit came following a period that was doomed by 'a lot of
