{"id":2077490,"date":"2025-10-08T16:42:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T16:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2077490"},"modified":"2025-10-08T16:42:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T16:42:14","slug":"kevin-costner-and-yellowstone-co-star-got-into-heated-physical-altercation-on-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kevin-costner-and-yellowstone-co-star-got-into-heated-physical-altercation-on-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Costner and &#8216;Yellowstone&#8217; co-star got into heated physical altercation on set"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Kevin Costner and his \u201cYellowstone\u201d co-star Wes Bentley got into a heated physical altercation that left Kelly Reilly in tears.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-features\/kevin-costner-horizon-yellowstone-2-1236395016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, which published a lengthy profile on Costner\u2019s career and reputation on Wednesday, the scuffle was over the veteran actor\u2019s desire to have his greener counterpart veer from the script.<\/p>\n<p>Costner, who starred as John Dutton and also served as executive producer in the Western family drama series, was filming a tense scene with Bentley and Reilly, his on-screen children, on a soundstage in Utah.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Kevin Costner and his \u201cYellowstone\u201d co-star Wes Bentley got into a heated physical altercation that left Kelly Reilly in tears. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Paramount Network\/courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>According to The Hollywood Reporter, the scuffle was over the veteran actor\u2019s desire to have his greener counterpart veer from the script. <span class=\"credit\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Between takes, tensions boiled over because Costner, 70, was pushing Bentley, 47, to ditch director Taylor Sheridan\u2019s script and personalize the moment with ad lib acting.<\/p>\n<p>But Bentley refused because, as he explained to his on-screen dad, it was Sheridan\u2019s call, not Costner\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKevin didn\u2019t like that, and he lunged at him,\u201d an eyewitness told THR.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Costner was filming a tense scene with Bentley and Reilly on a soundstage in Utah.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Between takes, tensions boiled over because Costner was pushing Bentley to ditch director Taylor Sheridan\u2019s script and personalize the moment with ad lib acting. <span class=\"credit\">Kevin Lynch<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While \u201cno fists were thrown,\u201d the source said the men \u201cwere in each other\u2019s faces, pushing and shoving and just getting hot until they had to be separated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The exchange made Reilly cry, and production briefly shut down, per the insider.<\/p>\n<p>When \u201cYellowstone\u201d premiered in 2018, Costner was the big fish in the small pond, as the cast was made up of relatively unknown actors.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>But Bentley refused because, as he explained to his on-screen dad, it was Sheridan\u2019s call, not Costner\u2019s. <span class=\"credit\">Emerson Miller for Paramount Network<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cKevin didn\u2019t like that, and he lunged at him,\u201d an eyewitness told THR. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Paramount Network\/courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, the massive success of the first two seasons shifted\u00a0the power dynamics on the set in Sheridan\u2019s favor, according to THR.<\/p>\n<p>Sources told the outlet that certain cast members eventually were fed up with Costner\u2019s \u201cdiva-like\u201d demeanor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe incident with Wes was the line in the sand. Everything was different after that,\u201d a second insider who witnessed the fight explained.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>While \u201cno fists were thrown,\u201d the source said the men \u201cwere in each other\u2019s faces, pushing and shoving and just getting hot until they had to be separated.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Emerson Miller\/Paramount Network<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The exchange made Reilly cry, and production briefly shut down, per the insider. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cEveryone loved Wes, and so that really made Taylor upset. Kevin and Taylor butted heads from there on out. It got very awkward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reps for Bentley confirmed the incident but simply called it \u201ca work-related argument during an emotional and physically tough scene,\u201d noting that the matter was \u201cdiscussed and resolved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reps for Costner, whose character was killed off at the beginning of the fifth and final season, declined to comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Costner and his \u201cYellowstone\u201d co-star Wes Bentley got into a heated physical altercation that left Kelly Reilly in tears. According to The Hollywood Reporter, which published a lengthy profile on Costner\u2019s career and reputation on Wednesday, the scuffle was over the veteran actor\u2019s desire to have his greener counterpart veer from the script. 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