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Jennifer Lopezwants Rip and Beth to go the distance.
“Jen showed me a clip off of Instagram of a monologue [Reilly] has in the car with the kid about the ways to become rich,” said Affleck, 50. “And then [Jen] was like, ‘Ilove this story of these two.’ "
“I was like, ‘Wait a minute — with Cole Hauser? What do you love about it?’ " he added in the interview, which he did alongside his longtime friend/collaborator andAIRcostarMatt Damon.
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Damon, 52, added that he “was always mystified that Cole wasn’t a giant movie star,” as both he and Affleck starred with Hauser in 1992’sSchool Tiesand 1997’sGood Will Hunting.
“When we worked with him, he was 16, I’ll never forget,” Damon recalled. “We were driving back into Boston … leaving set for the first week, driving into Cambridge, and we’re like … ‘Leaving me and you out, who’s the f—in’ best actor here?' And both of us, at the same time, were like, ‘Hauser.’ "
“He was raw talent; just astonishing … and just the sweetest soul,” the actor continued.
“He isveryconvincing as that guy,” Affleck added ofHauser’sYellowstonecharacter, Rip Wheeler. “I think America believes he is Rip.”
RELATED VIDEO: Cole Hauser RecreatesYellowstoneOutdoor Bathtub Scene for PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive Issue
Also starringKevin Costner,Luke Grimes,Wes Bentleyand more,Yellowstonefollows John Dutton (Costner, 68), the patriarch and owner of Montana’s largest ranch as he navigates conflict within his own family and with the bordering Broken Rock Indian Reservation, national park and developers. The show has inspiredtwo prequel spinoff series:1883and1923.
The first eight episodes ofYellowstoneseason 5 aired from Nov. 13, 2022, to Jan. 1, 2023, andmore than 12 million people tuned infor the first two — a record for the show.
Season 5 will be the show’s lengthiest yet, at 14 episodes. In January, following the mid-season finale, Paramount announced that the final six episodes of the season willair this summer.
source: people.com
