SEASON 5 & WHAT TO EXPECT

Cox: Denim Richards I'm excited to speak to you about season five of Yellowstone and your character Colby But f rst let s get into you all breaking record after record with this show

Richards: It's exc ting to be back A few weeks ago, the ratings came out and the show broke a couple of records It's the number one show n the US We had 12 million l ve viewers the day of the new season premier and a total of 60 m llion viewers who watched it the next couple of days

Cox: Those types of views and ratings aren't normal for a show in its fifth season?

Richards: No actually you see the v ewers tapper off as a series goes into addit onal seasons th nk we actually had even a million more than we had on season four Th s s just all amaz ng to be on this ride with Yellowstone and to have my character Colby be on for all f ve seasons

Cox: Since the ratings are go ng up and the fan base, what can we expect w th season f ve and Colby?

Richards: This year we get into even more trouble with John Dutton becom ng the Govenor of Montana With him in office it makes us even more liberal on what we do on the ranch Colby gets nto more trouble and you get to see h m doing fun things like wrestling cattle It's just going to be a colorful ride that everyone has to tune in to see

Cox: How has it been being on a ser es for these many seasons? Do you ever just sit back and think about it?

Richards: Yes, I definitely think about t because you know the goal of any actor is to be on someth ng You know once you get on something the next goal is to stay on that something (laughs) Then you hope that they don't cancel off your character for whatever reason It's been five amaz ng years since 2017 which honestly seem like a lifetime ago

Cox: You must get close w th the cast members

Richards: You get so close with the cast members where even our fam l es know each other It really feels like when I played sports when I was younger You are n this foxhole with these people and they become your community Life outside of shooting the show feels a l ttle strange something because you get so use to everyone being together all the time Espec ally since we shoot in Montana where we don't have access to all the amenit es like if we were shooting n a bigger city

Cox: People now recognize you from the show How is it with that level of stardom now?

Richards: It's surreal because I was recently walking in time square and people actually recognized me and approached me But that just also speaks to the caliber of the show and how many people it touches

Landing The Role

Cox: Take me back to when you landed the role

Richards: I did a film Montford: The Chickasaw Rancher pr or to Yellowstone, which is available on Netflix I was doing this scene with Tommy Flanagan who s on Sons of Anarchy Once we were done he told me about Yellowstone and that his best friend John Linson was creating the show He told me I should tell my team to get me an aud tion I was like if it was only that easy (laughs) to get an audition But I listened to him and I told my team about the project My team was able to get into with the off ce of John Papsidera and sent h m v deos and photos of me of me from Montford: The Ch ckasaw Rancher I wanted to keep th s moment going because I movie was a western period p ece so I knew I could take what I did there to Yellowstone since it was about a ranch and everyth ng They called me in a couple days after to audition and talk about what they wanted from Colby

Cox: That sounds like a Hollywood! So how long did t take you to learn you go the part?

Richards: It took them six weeks to let me know I got t Those were the most stressful six weeks of my life (laughs) Dur ng that waiting period my time we call to check in on me I had to tell them to stop that (laughs) and only call me once they heard something I remember when I got the call, I was in the parking lot in Santa Monica My manager called me and started screaming