I want it to feel to an audience that, “Wow, that was fresh. When I work with her or anybody, I want it to succeed wildly. Speaking of that central relationship, how did you and Diane Lane create that rapport?Ĭostner: The idea of working with Diane, that’s always going to be a yes, but not in the wrong situation. We have a beautiful screenplay and really that’s what got me to say yes. These two people who had history together,who loved each other, and you saw them completely not together, so to speak, but what kept them together was love. A love story was emerging even against this kind of journey that was happening. There was a dread that started to happen, and there was an authenticness about it. It got worse and worse in the best sense. I didn’t know where it was going or where it was going to go. As I started reading, I was drawn into it. It’s hard to do it’s hard to write a great screenplay. Too often, they’re not great, but sometimes they’re good and they just don’t fit.

Kevin Costner: I’m always looking for the next great script, either trying to create it or what comes along. Monica Castillo for Rotten Tomatoes: What first interested you about Let Him Go ? (Photo by Kimberly French / © Focus Features) When Margaret decides to go after her to see why she left so suddenly, George begrudgingly supports her and defends her when the going gets tough.Īhead of the movie’s release, Costner spoke to Rotten Tomatoes about his fondness for a good story, acting opposite his Man of Steal co-star Lane once more, and working with Lesley Manville. Lorna decides to remarry and takes George and Margaret’s grandson – their last remaining link to their son – away without warning. George and his wife, Margaret ( Diane Lane), grieve for their son’s accidental death by helping his widow, Lorna ( Kayli Carter), with their new grandson– but the solution is temporary. Here, he plays George Blackledge, a stern-faced retired sheriff in 1950s North Dakota who suffers the devastating loss of his son in the film’s opening moments. In his latest movie, Thomas Bezucha’s Let Him Go, Costner once again takes the reins of a familiar horse. Recently, his no-nonsense persona has lent itself to the roles of a supervisor ( Hidden Figures ), inspirational leader ( McFarland, USA ), patriarch (TV’s Yellowstone ), and even Superman’s dad ( Man of Steel ).

In the following decades, he played everything from the romantic leading man opposite Whitney Houston in The Bodyguard to the gunslinging lawman Wyatt Earp in Lawrence Kasdan’s biopic about the historical figure. After breaking out in the late ’80s with a string of Certified Fresh hits like The Untouchables, Bull Durham, and Field of Dreams, Kevin Costner made himself a marquee name with his stoic, unshakeable performances.

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