Yellowstone star Josh Lucas has opened up about the possibility of a young John Dutton spinoff joining the number of shows already in the expansive Western universe. Lucas has portrayed a younger version of John in multiple flashbacks throughout the show. His appearances have added layers to the character, played by Kevin Costner in the present day, helping add context to the core story.
Speaking with Screen Rant, Lucas addressed the possibility of a young John Dutton show joining the ranks of Yellowstone‘s many spinoffs in the future. The actor spoke about how he was filming the forthcoming miniseries Palm Royale while also portraying a young John, saying his time on the Western makes him open to come back for more. Check out what Lucas had to say below:
Screen Rant: My dad’s a huge Yellowstone fan. I’m curious if you’re interested in exploring that world further, maybe with a young John Dutton prequel series.
Josh Lucas: First of all, thank you, Dad. Screen Rant has really been lovely to me, because they’ve talked about that consistently, and it means a lot to me when people reach out to me asking about me playing the young John Dutton or having a prequel series.
What was striking about Palm Royale is that I was shooting [it] playing Douglas on the weekdays and flying on Friday night to Montana, slapping on a mustache and putting on basically Costner’s voice to play young John Dutton. It was like my weekend job. And it was a crazy almost duality or bipolar reality because obviously John Dutton is a dark, powerful mysterious figure, and I’m basing it all on what Kevin has done, but I also think it’s a world that I would absolutely love to explore further.
I can’t tell you how incredible being with those horses in that place with the history of where Taylor [Sheridan] goes with that show and those characters [was]. It’s one of my favorite jobs in my life.
More to come…
