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Kevin Costner is shining a light-weight on his exit from the hit collection Yellowstone. After taking part in patriarch John Dutton III for 5 seasons, the actor stated he nonetheless has fond reminiscences of engaged on the Paramount Community collection.

“I liked the present,” Kevin, 69, informed PEOPLE in an interview printed Wednesday, June 19. “I favored the individuals on the present. I favored what it was about. I like that world.”

That’s to not say it was completely excellent. When Kevin introduced he was leaving the present in 2022, rumors swirled about the true motive behind his exit.

“I learn all of the tales,” the actor admitted. “I used to be disenchanted that no person on their facet … ever stepped as much as defend what it was I truly did for them. There got here a second the place I assumed, ‘Wow, when is any individual going to say one thing about what I have performed versus what I haven’t performed?’”

In February, Kevin’s legal professional, Marty Singer, additionally responded to on-line rumors stating: “As everybody who is aware of something about Kevin is effectively conscious, he’s extremely passionate in regards to the present and has all the time gone means above and past to make sure its success.”

Based on Kevin, he initially agreed to take part in creator Taylor Sheridan’s present for one season because it was pitched to him like an extended film. In the end, the Oscar winner believes the studio wished a present that might span a number of seasons.

“As a result of he’s such a prolific author, [Taylor] stated, ‘I can try this. I could make a collection that goes on,’” Kevin believed. “I stated, ‘I’ll do it for 3 seasons’ and I ended up doing it for 5.”

He added that he was open to persevering with, however nobody might present a timeline for the manufacturing. Fourteen months glided by the place the present had stopped. Because of this, Kevin wished to pursue different initiatives.

Regardless of the previous, Kevin stated he can be open to returning to Yellowstone if the script and situation had been proper. “It is likely to be an attention-grabbing second to return again and end the mythology of this modern-day household and if that occurs, I might step into it if I agreed with the way it was being performed,” he stated. “Within the very finish, I couldn’t do any extra for it than I had already performed.”

Kevin’s newest movie, Horizon: An American Saga, hits theaters in every single place on Friday, June 28.