Yellowstone Wasn't Kind to Its Female Leads: 'We Were Literally Covered in Sh*t'
People always associate actresses with glamour and style, but Yellowstone's female cast has a little something to say to that.
Taylor Sheridan 's Yellowstone is hardcore, no matter which angle you're looking at it. It's incredibly successful as millions of people watch its new episodes simultaneously.
It's utterly brutal as the level of gore in the show is quite dramatic. It's unbelievably demanding towards its actors, too — because for hardcore success, you pay with hardcore work.
To make sure his cast is truly ready for the filming conditions and knows what to do, Taylor Sheridan created what's now usually called his "cowboy boot camp."
There, his shows' actors are taught how to be proper modern cowboys: the camp's program covers everything from roping and using lassos to riding horses and shooting guns.
While it may sound tough in itself, the cowboy camp is borderline a kindergarten compared to the real high school of life that expects the actors on set: Yellowstone, 1923, and 1883 are all filmed in extreme conditions.
Sheridan's modern cowboys live in tough environments: from freezing-cold Montana to blazing-hot Texas, they're always surrounded by hostile nature, and the cast has to deal with it on a daily basis, too.
The plot of the series doesn't help either as it only adds blood to the already-peculiar mix of dirt and excrement.
During their recent interview with People, the shows' actresses shared what this experience was like for them — and there's no sunshine and rainbows in their tales.
"At the end of some days, it's like, what's the point? <...> We were literally covered in sh*t from head to toe," admitted Jen Landon (Teeter).
While excrements are not always the case, blood and dirt are literally every day's business, confirmed Kelsey Asbille (Monica).
But after filming in such conditions for a long time, this starts feeling normal, the actresses share.
"I wipe the blood off with a hot washcloth and I go home — in case I have to stop and get gas or something, [because] it's hard to explain in the little town where we work, if your face is covered in blood," says Piper Perabo (Summer Higgins).
Julia Schlaepfer (Alexandra) agreed with her colleague and added that in her eyes, having to spend days upon days dirty and sweaty makes dressing and glamming up for an off-screen night out much more fun.
Source: People