Academy Award winner Kevin Costner is still a major force in Hollywood.
And he has incredible power in the productions he’s involved in.
That’s why this A-List actor got shot down for a role in Kevin Costner’s new film for one shocking reason.
Kevin Costner has done it all during his more than four decades in Hollywood.
He’s starred in timeless hits like Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, JFK, The Untouchables, and Silverado.
He even won an Academy Award for Best Director for his 1990 classic historical drama Dances with Wolves.
And Costner has spent the past few years conquering the world of television by playing, “John Dutton,” on the Taylor Sheridan-created smash hit Yellowstone.
Despite being 69-years-old, Costner shows no signs of slowing down.
That’s why he’s not ready to give up his status as a leading man in the movie business.
Kevin Costner rejects younger actor for lead role
Costner decided to cast himself in the lead role for his latest film despite being nearly 70 and coming fresh off of a divorce.
Australian actor Chris Hemsworth, who is best known for playing Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, told Entertainment Tonight that he was turned down for the lead in Costner’s latest movie after pushing for the role.
“There was a movie, a script that I’d read and loved and was like, ‘I want to get that,’ and then someone said, ‘Kevin Costner has that [role],’” Hemsworth recalled.
“I’d love [Costner] as a director,” he added. “I was like, ‘G**d*** it!’ [I spent] an hour the other day trying to convince him, and he was like, ‘I’m doing it, kid.’ Didn’t work. I didn’t get the part.”
Hemsworth then admitted that the part was a better fit for Costner than him.
“It’s better seen in his wheelhouse for sure, as far as the kind of Western environment,” Hemsworth said. “There’s horses involved, he’s a horse wrangler, and my wife [Elsa Pataky] read it and loves horses. We have 10 or 11 horses back home, and so she’s like, ‘You’ve got to do this.’”
While Hemsworth didn’t specify which movie he was talking about, the next film from Costner is the two-part western, Horizon: An American Saga, due out this summer.
Costner explains why he kept the part
Costner was asked about Hemsworth’s remarks by Entertainment Tonight during his appearance at CinemaCon to promote Horizon.
“Chris – he’s starting something on me,” Costner joked. “It’s a love story. But as long as I’m still young enough to play it, I’ll play it.”
He also pointed out that Hemsworth would get plenty of chances in the future because of his talent.
“Chris is gonna have to wait his turn. He’s so handsome and he’s so good,” Costner said. “He’s gonna have to go find his [own] love story. I’m glad he likes this one. If I reach a moment where I [don’t] think I could do that, I would [reach out]. He’s certainly one of our great leading men right now.”
And Kevin Costner knows all about leading men, he remains one of the most sought after leading men in the industry after more than 40 years of making movie magic.
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