“The hair on the back of my neck stood up”: Kevin Costner Was Ready to Make a Sequel to His Darkest Role Ever That Turned Him Into a Serial Killer

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The legacy of Kevin Costner cannot be refuted, despite his insistence on staying on the margins of celebrity worship and fame. The actorʼs familiarity with the world of Westerns and his obsession with it runs in his veins. And given his early rise to the higher rungs of Hollywood, Costner had earned his right to ask for roles that allowed him to explore the genre he loved more than the ones that were assigned to him by studio executives.

Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1[Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures]The latter years of his career have demonstrated a lower percentage of Costner in films but Taylor Sheridan made sure to resurrect him from the dirges of the ʼ80s and ʼ90s. SheridanʼsYellowstoneuniverse rectified that which had been lost by reinstating Kevin Costner to the frontlines of television. Now, the fans reflect on a time that cast him into one of the most peculiar roles of his filmography.

Kevin Costner Goes Spooky For His Darkest Role to Date

Not many actors can claim to have the privilege of showcasing their full acting potential by going psychotic in front of the camera. Such a role not only takes an actor to the deepest reaches of their psyche but has them tapping into it in an unhealthy approach to draw out the worst and the most disturbing portrayals.

Kevin Costner and William Hurt inMr. Brooks[Credit: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]Famously,Christian Baleand Anthony Perkins are legends in that particular genre for unleashing a scale of horror never seen before on the screens. Other disturbing roles in films likeShutter IslandorFight Clubhave almost become legendary for their play on identity and the duality that comes with it. However, very few have delved intoKevin Costnerʼs role inMr. Brooks– a film no less disturbing than the ones portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio or Brad Pitt in the aforementioned movies.

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Mr. Brooksfollows the life of a businessman who struggles with his need to kill and his alter-ego who loves the bloodlust too much to let it go. With a detective (Demi Moore) hot on his trail, Mr. Brooks must spin an intricate web of lies and misdirection to survive the deadly game of cat and mouse.

Kevin Costner Loved Being the Killer a Little Too Much

Kevin Costner inMr. Brooks[Credit: MGM]Hollywood is filled with roles like Keyser Soze but very few actors are actually convincing enough to pull off their roles with enough conviction to warrant a sequel or a rewatch of their films. On Kevin Costnerʼs part, his titular role inMr. Brooksconvinced him that a sequel was much warranted despite his animosity toward movie spin-offs.

In an interview withEntertainment Weekly, the actor revealed:

I wasn’t dying to do a role like this. I’m not a guy that goes ‘Boo!’ But when I read it, I thought the writers found an amazing window into the subject matter. Now I feel this is as strong a performance as I’ve ever given. This was written with the idea that we would do a couple others.

When the writers first presented the notion to me, I said, ‘Oh, bulls—t! I haven’t done Tin Cup 2, or Bull Durham 2, or Open Range: The Early Years, so you don’t have to attempt to hook me with that.’ But when they told me their idea, the hair on the back of my neck stood up. We’re hoping this little movie develops a following so we can play this story out the way it should.

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With Kevin Costner now following through with his passion for Westerns with the two-part story,Horizon: An American Saga, it seems as though the actor may have finally stepped into the realm of sequels after all.

Mr. Brooksis available to watch via renting or purchasing on Amazon or Google Play.

Diya Majumdar

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Diya Majumdar is a Senior Content Writer at FandomWire with over 2000 published articles on the website. Since 2022, she has been working as an entertainment journalist with a special focus on films and pop culture.Among the countless genres and themes of Hollywood, the ones that particularly favor Diya’s tastes include Game of Thrones, DC, and well-aged thrillers and classics.

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