Jeff Bridges nearly played John Dutton before Kevin Costner landed 'Yellowstone' role

Jeff Bridges came close to ruling the Dutton ranch. "Yellowstone" creator Taylor Sheridan originally envisioned the Oscar winner as John Dutton before executives pushed for Kevin Costner . "Because he had worked with Jeff on 'Hell or High Water' and he really liked him, and he thought he would be great," Kevin Kay, former top Paramount executive, explained during an appearance on " The Joint Venture Show. " But the conversation quickly shifted to another Hollywood heavyweight. TAYLOR SHERIDAN SA