THE FALL OF KEVIN COSTNER?

Rumours of bust-ups, money troubles and a bad reputation could spell the end of his long career

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One of the biggest movie stars of the '90s, there's not many people who don't know Kevin Costner's name. But in recent years, rumours that he's difficult to work with have overshadowed his acting and new allegations about a bust-up on the set of Yellowstone might worsen his reputation in Hollywood. So where did it all go wrong for the two-time Oscar winner, who one former colleague claims is “impossible” to work with?

THE YELLOWSTONE DRAMA

The success of western series Yellowstone made Kevin, 70, a big name again and bagged him $2.3 million an episode, but playing cowboy John Dutton was also the beginning of a lot of drama.

Reports of tension on the set surfaced in 2023 when filming for the second part of season five hit a major snag. At the time, the long delay was put down to scheduling conflicts between Kevin and his co-producers, then undelivered scripts, all made worse by the Hollywood writer strikes.

But behind the scenes,