Yellowstone’s Ian Bohan Talks Kevin Costner Exit: ‘Still Gotta Pay’

Yellowstone The star Ian Bohan Then there is the opening about the next chapter of the show. Kevin CostnerThe series is out.

“I’ll use the analogy of a football team. If your quarterback gets hurt and has to come out of the game, you have to play. So you have to run the ball or throw the ball or just do different things. You have to find a way because you can’t quit,” Bohn, 48, told Exclusively We weekly on the red carpet at the 2024 CMA Awards on Wednesday, November 20. “So that’s what happened. We lost our quarterback and we still have a game to play.

Bohan, who plays rancher Ryan in the western drama, continued, “There’s a lot of other people and family and the whole world around him and the stadium and everybody going to work. So what are you going to do? ? Well, you have to find out. So we found a way to figure it out.”

After months of speculation over whether Costner – who portrays mentor John Dutton – would appear. YellowstoneIn the final episodes of Season 5B, she confirmed her exit from the drama in June. YellowstoneSeason 5B premiered on November 13.

“After this long year and a half of work horizon And doing all the things that are needed, and thinking Yellowstone“The beloved series that I love and I know you love,” Costner said in a video shared via social media at the time. “I just realized I wasn’t going to be able to continue through Season 5B or the future. It was something that really changed me. I loved it. And I know you loved it. I Just wanted to let you know I won’t be back. I love the relationship we’ve been able to build, and I’ll see you at the movies.

For Bohn, Costner’s exit has been a transition. “You get to a certain level of comfort and understanding and it’s a bit of a bump when it’s changed,” he explained. us on Wednesday. “But like anything, you just put your helmet on and you’re like, ‘I’ve got to catch the next pass.’ So you can’t really dwell on it.”

Reflecting on the success of the series, Bohan — who said he wanted to be a cowboy since childhood — Yellowstone has been “quite a trend”. He notes that he has constant pinch-me moments, likening the experience to “being at Disneyland” on a daily basis.

“When we started it, we didn’t know what it was,” he said us. “You have this idea and you hope for the best, but you never imagine that it will affect people the way it has and reach so many people and have a response. So Then we have a responsibility to serve it and try to keep it going and keep it fresh and take care of the people that we make it for, the farmers and the farmers, and serve them. do

Bohn gave all the credit. Yellowstone team to be able to make the show what it has become. “We have a great cast and crew and writers and directors to help us do this,” he said. “So we’re just working our butt to make sure we don’t miss a step.”

Yellowstone Airs Sundays at 8pm ET on the Paramount Network.

With reporting by Arya Parker