In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the series cocreator hinted that the ending of “Yellowstone” will see Costner’s character killed off.
Sheridan said that the “Field of Dreams” star’s decision to leave the show “truncates the closure of his character,” but added that the character’s fate and the ending of the show had been planned since the early days of “Yellowstone.”
Even before it was revealed that Costner has a “moral death” clause in his “Yellowstone” contract that prevents his character from dying in a way that would be embarrassing, Sheridan made it clear that John wouldn’t be meeting his maker in that particular way.
Sheridan said audiences won’t see John die in a conveniently timed car crash, like Patrick Dempsey’s character on “Grey’s Anatomy,” or his own on “Sons of Anarchy.”
“I don’t do fuck-you car crashes,” the “Wind River” director said of the technique often employed by writers as a way to kill off characters amid behind-the-scenes tension.
However, there’s now a question of whether John’s death will have to occur off-screen if Costner does not return to film scenes.
