‘Yellowstone’ Star Says Show’s Final Season Is ‘Dramatic’ And ‘Different Than Past Seasons’

“Yellowstone“ actor Cole Hauser shared his thoughts on the final episodes of the popular drama, saying it’s “different” from prior seasons.

Season 5 is scheduled to be released in November. Hauser, who plays Rip Wheeler on the show, talked with Fox News Digital after wrapping up filming.

“God, I just literally finished it 10 days ago, and I’ve been thinking about what the season means,” the 49-year-old actor said. “The last seven years of doing this show, and [showrunner Taylor Sheridan] is just such an amazing writer, and he’s just done a great job again of trying to wrap this thing up.”

He added, “Not into a perfect bow, it never really is with ‘Yellowstone,’ but it’s some really dramatic stuff and it’s heartfelt. It’s different than past seasons, certainly, but in a good way. So, I’m excited for the audience in the ‘Yellowstone’ world to check it out and, hopefully, they love it. That’s all you can hope for.”

The big change for Season 5 is that Dutton family patriarch John Dutton, Rip’s boss and the father of his love interest Beth, is not part of the storyline. The role was played by Kevin Costner for all the previous seasons of “Yellowstone.”

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Hauser said he enjoyed working with Costner, telling Fox News, “In my opinion, he’s one of those guys that comes to work and he’s always laid the wood. You know what I mean? He’s somebody that everybody looks up to or has looked up to. I’ve enjoyed every bit of working with him.”

Costner left to work on his passion project, the film series “Horizon” that so far has had lackluster results at the box office. “I wanted to work more than once a year and it was important that I made room for ‘Yellowstone’ and made room for ‘Horizon,’ but people ran through deadlines. They were busy; they had a lot to do,” the actor explained during an interview on “CBS Mornings” in June. He said he’d return to “Yellowstone” if “the story is going the right way.”

Despite the series coming to an end, there are rumors that a new iteration of “Yellowstone” will continue. Hauser said he’d be on board if that happened.

“I can’t comment right now, but I mean, listen, in a perfect world, I think it would be amazing to see this thing go on, but there’s a lot of different people involved in that decision,” he told the outlet. “I’m a hired gun. I ain’t a producer, I ain’t the studio head, just a hired gun. But I hope so. I hope it really happens because it would be fun.”