At first glance, Amazon Prime Video’s new seriesOuter Rangelooks a lot likeYellowstone.
This hole, this pit, this abyss… does not seem to follow the laws of physics.
It was interesting to me, man, and I liked it.
Josh Brolin stars as Royal Abbott in ‘Outer Range.'.Richard Foreman/Amazon Prime
From that moment on, the idea of contrast was very desirable for me."
Watkins observed that contrast between reality and enchantment in the very landscape itself.
What happens when a disenchanted world stumbles upon enchantment?"
Royal Abbott (Josh Brolin) has a big hole in his backyard in ‘Outer Range’.Amazon Prime Video
On top of growing up on a ranch, Brolin is no stranger to the screen Western.
But the star himself has little reverence for myths.
“It’s clear that hisraison d’etreis protecting his family.
He’s created a foundation that’s all about selflessly protecting his family.
But because of holding onto secrets, that foundation is precarious and fragile.
When he’s hit by this unknown thing, that foundation goes crumbling.
I liked the idea of taking a stereotype and killing it.”
As an actor, that was really interesting to me.
I was just looking at it like, ‘why are you doing TV after 20 years?’
Because it frightened me.
It’s a big swing, and I like that."
Outer Rangealso starsImogen Poots,Noah Reid, Will Patton, Lili Taylor, Tamara Podemski, and more.
