When Yellowstone’s sequence finale lastly airs, Luke Grimes is aware of viewers gained’t be disenchanted.
During a latest interview with Entertainment Weekly, Grimes, 40, shared that he learn the script for the ultimate episode “the day before we started shooting.”
“I couldn't be happier. I think it's a perfect ending for the show for every character,” he mentioned. “It's just a testament to what a good writer Taylor [Sheridan] is, and it's a very, very profound, beautiful ending. I can't wait to sit down and watch it one day.”
For 5 drama-fueled seasons, Yellowstone has adopted the Dutton household — patriarch John (Kevin Costner), Jamie (Wes Bentley), Beth (Kelly Reilly) and Kayce (Grimes) — and their conflicts revolving across the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch. The present premiered in June 2018, with the primary half of season 5 wrapping up in January 2023.
The following month, rumors started swirling that Costner was leaving the present to concentrate on his multi-part Western film sequence Horizon: An American Saga. When an settlement between Costner and Sheridan couldn’t be reached, and because the 2023 SAG and WGA strikes prolonged into the autumn, the community introduced that the second half of season 5 could be the present’s closing installment.
The premiere of the present's closing episodes have been then delayed by a yr to November 2024 — practically two years after the primary a part of season 5 aired.
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Despite the delay, Reilly, 47, instructed Entertainment Weekly the break was a boon.
“With the [SAG and WGA] strikes and with changes with certain things, everything got delayed longer than anybody wanted,” she mentioned. “In a weird way, having a little break meant that you're coming back to something that you're not taking for granted, and the scripts were so good. So good. We got to finish something rather than draw something out or prolong it.”
Reilly acknowledged that Yellowstone has a “huge following of fans” who're “emotionally connected” to the sequence.
“Some of them are mad as hell that we've taken so long, but we're like, ‘It's not our fault! We wanted to go to work!’” she defined.
Grimes then added, “I've been itching to get again to the present, and I'm so glad it lastly labored out, and we bought to complete robust.”
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Shooting has already wrapped on Yellowstone, which has been bittersweet for some members of the case, together with Grimes.
“There's definitely a sort of summer camp blues feeling,” the actor defined. “All my friends are going away, but I've made friends for life on this job. I'm glad we got to finish strong.”
Added Bentley, 46: “It's one of the biggest things I've ever been a part of, and it's a character that's a double-edged sword. It's both very satisfying to play a character who's given so much emotional work to do, but it also takes its toll. I'm excited to let him go, but I'm also sad to let him go.”
Meanwhile, the Yellowstone universe will reside on with spinoff reveals, together with season 2 of 1923 and two new upcoming reveals: one other prequel referred to as 1944 and the beforehand introduced sequel sequence entitled The Madison starring Michelle Pfeiffer.
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Part 2 of Yellowstone‘s season 5 returns Sunday, Nov. 10, on Paramount Network.
