Marshals Marks The Next Chapter In The Yellowstone Universe
Marshals marks the next chapter in the Yellowstone universe, following Kayce Dutton as he forges a new path with an elite team of U.S. Marshals.
Luke Grimes returns as Kayce and has hinted that fans will see familiar faces from the original series. The first new cast member announced is Logan Marshall-Green, joining the show as Pete Calvin, a trusted friend from Kayce’s military days.
Kayce has taken on a new role leading the Marshals team in Montana, with his grown son Tate (Brecken Merrill) joining him. The move comes after Kayce sold the family ranch and chose to start over, following the events of Yellowstone’s season finale, which brought the Paramount Network series to a close.
Marshals Season Premiere Reveals A Major Bombshell
The show’s premiere episode, “Piya Wiconi,” revealed a major bombshell immediately – as Kayce’s beloved wife, Monica, tragically died from cancer.
Grimes previously admitted that when he was first approached about returning to that character in Marshals, he wasn’t sure he wanted to do it.
“I didn’t think I wanted to come back to it, because I felt like Kayce’s story ended so perfectly in the first show. And I was like, well, what are we gonna do now? He’s got his dream life,” Grimes explained. “Everything he’s been fighting for, he’s gotten. He literally rode off into the sunset. And what sort of breaks that world open for him is that that dream life became no longer possible.”
The loss of Monica appears to have deeply affected Kayce in a profound way as he admits to how her death has gravely impacted his life, and given him a renewed sense of purpose.
Luke Grimes Shares Why He Didn’t Love The Idea Of A New Spin-Off Initially
In a recent interview with Collider, Grimes admitted he was hesitant when the idea of extending Kayce’s story beyond the Yellowstone series was first introduced. The actor felt the character’s story had reached a natural conclusion and worried that revisiting it could undermine the emotional weight built over the course of the show.
“I thought it sounded like a really bad idea. I didn’t really, truly know what procedural meant, so I called my friend, and he explained it to me because he’d done one. He said, ‘Dude, that’s going to be a lot of work. It’s a lot more work for you, especially to be the lead of a procedural.’ I was worried about it because it was the unknown,” the actor explained.
His perspective changed after hearing the creative direction behind the upcoming series, tentatively centered on Kayce’s new path in law enforcement. Grimes shared that once Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan also gave his blessing to the new spin-off, he knew he was up for the role. Luke According to Grimes, that evolution made all the difference.
“We’re back shooting on the same soundstage that we started ‘Yellowstone’ on in 2017… There are a lot of characters, over the years, that I’ve played that it would feel like torture to have to play for eight or nine years. But with Kayce, if there was going to be one, it would be this one. I feel very at home with him, and I feel like I would play this guy as long as they would let me,” he continued.
