The drama of Paramount’s hit show, Yellowstone, appears to have transferred off-screen for star, Kevin Costner, who plays patriarch John Dutton.
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Appearing before a judge to battle out child support payments with ex-wife Christine Baumgartner, Costner hinted at some financial drama he has with the show that could make its way to court. According to Costner, the disagreement stems from a shift in filming plans that affected his commitment to his own film project, Horizon.
"Somewhere along the line they wanted to change things," he said of the Yellowstone season 5 filming process according to Fox News. "They wanted to do 5A and 5B… [which] affected Horizon. I was going to do my movie Horizon and leave that show, do my movie, then do B."
The 68-year-old disclosed he’d been offered $24 million to film seasons 5-7 of the show, which he left following season 5. "I will probably go to court over it," Costner told Baumgartner’s lawyer when asked if he’d received payout for season 5.
Costner says he didn’t leave the set of Yellowstone without a fight to keep his spot explaining, "We did negotiate.”
"There were issues about creative. I tried to break the log jam. They walked away."
No comments have been made surrounding the drama by Paramount nor creator, Taylor Sheridan.