He now has one job less and more time again. But whether that’s enough Kevin Costner (68) can turn his marriage drama with his wife Christine (49) into a happy ending? Rather unlikely!
After Christine Baumgartner about her lawyer After filing for divorce after almost 19 years, the Hollywood hero is facing the shards of his second marriage. As if that weren’t enough, he also has to say goodbye to another great love. And has already embarked on a new adventure…
Kevin Costner in the midst of his “Yellowstone” family as the patriarch: In Germany, the series can be seen on Paramount+, among others
Out at “Yellowstone”!
Since 2018, Costner has played the western cowboy and ranch patriarch “John Dutton” in the series “Yellowstone” – a role that catapulted him back into the absolute A-league of Hollywood after a career low!
He collects 1.5 million dollars for his role in the neo-western series, which is now considered the “Dallas” of the new TV era. Costner is also one of the producers and just received the Golden Globe for leading actor.
Intrigues, fights, love. “Yellowstone” has it all – and Costner is the driving force. Nevertheless, after the fifth season it’s over for him; the last episodes will be available from summer. And that doesn’t necessarily come as a surprise.
The family world was still fine: Kevin Costner and his wife with their children in 2015 at a premiere in Los Angeles
The problem, a set employee told BILD, was often the amount of work involved in filming in recent years (including in Montana). In his roles as an actor and producer, Costner was often separated from his family (three children with Christine Baumgartner) for weeks or even months.
Taylor Sheridan is considered “the brains” behind the “Yellowstone” universe. The director-producer is said to work on set with rather tight reins, having not always agreed with Costner
The employee: “Shooting schedules were often changed at short notice because of the weather, planned flights for employees or Kevin were cancelled. His commitment to the heart project is said to have repeatedly led to disputes with his wife. Among other things, because of the education of school-age children in California. Christine had already taken on many tasks at home during the corona pandemic and the lockdowns, including homeschooling.” Because Kevin, the employee goes on to say, is quite “computer illiterate”.
Because of the conditions and the lack of flight options between the set and home, family life has gotten really messed up, according to the set.
In addition, the atmosphere in “Yellowstone” and the ever-expanding series universe, including spin-off series such as the offshoots “1883” or “1923”, should have been tense. Costner is said to have disagreed with the main creator of the gigantic Western stories, Taylor Sheridan (52), on many occasions.
Kevin Costner is considered a gentle romantic both privately and on set, who loves values and consistency. It was here that he paddled through Colorado in a canoe at his wedding to Christine in 2004
Costner is considered a dreamer and perfectionist who approaches his ideas with calm and composure. On set, Sheridan is notorious for spontaneous ideas, loud announcements and changes, which he communicates to employees only briefly or during the shoot.
The two strong men of the series are said to have respected each other, but there was no friendship here.
Shared hobby: Kevin Costner and his wife Christine at a basketball game a few years ago
So now Costner is getting out of this heart project and will no longer be in action for a sixth season of “Yellowstone” that has already been ordered. Perhaps that is also a decision that can bring him back a little more time as a father.
However, the Oscar hero (including the award for best film “Dances With Wolves”) seems to be driven further by his own claims. “He’s just taking on too much at once,” says the set.
The masterpiece: “Dances With Wolves” catapulted Kevin Costner into Hollywood’s absolute A-League in 1990. He put all his money into the film and was rewarded (including seven Oscars)
This is Costner’s new mega project
Because Costner is already working in parallel on a mammoth work that is unprecedented in size even for US cinema. As an actor and producer, the American is working on “Horizon”, a work of up to eleven hours that is intended to tell great stories of the Wild West in the 19th century over several films and a period of around 15 years.
That Costner will have extra time to save his marriage to Christine after all? The question remains a cliffhanger until the next episode of his private drama.
