Kevin Costner er naturligvis en af de centrale grunde til at Taylor Sheridans Yellowstone-univers er blevet så uhyre populært, men siden da er der kommet flere spin-offs til, og det kombineres angiveligt med at Costner er blevet sværere at have med at gøre bag scenetæppet.
ET Canada har snakket med tidligere Hollywood Reporter-redaktør Matthew Belloni, der siger at Costner har forsøgt at skære antallet af dage i produktionen, bedt om en klækkelig lønforhøjelse og generelt bare udvist meget ego overfor resten af holdet.
"According to my sources, Costner makes about $1.2 million per episode for Yellowstone, and that's in addition to an overall deal that he has which pays him extra money. So he makes more than $20 million a season if it goes 16 episodes, as is planned this season. If 'Yellowstone is picked up for a 6th season, and Costner is on the show for the 6th season,
he will get $1.5 million per episode.
Både Paramount og Costners egen advokat har afvist alle anklager, men Belloni holder fast i at skaber Taylor Sheridan muligvis vil afslutte serien efter fem sæsoner, for at slippe for at arbejde med Costner.
"I think the negativity right now has gotten to a point where it's going to be very difficult for him to come back to the show. If I had to bet, I would say that he's probably going to leave and that the show will end and they will do a new version of Yellowstone starring Matthew McConaughey, some other actor... maybe they end it entirely and start fresh with new people. But my guess is that the version of Yellowstone that we know is probably going to end with this season."