Kevin Costner, Luke Grimes, Kelsey Asbille, Wes Bentley, Gil Birmingham, Neal McDonough, Cole Hauser and Kelly Reilly are interviewed by DaniElle DeLaite for season 5 of their hit TV show Yellowstone. Created by Taylor Sheridan and John Linson the series also stars Brecken Merrill, Jefferson White, Ian Bohen, Denim Richards and Danny Huston.

The stars talk about the Romeo and Juliet relationship at the heart of the show, and how Season 5 continues following the cliffhanger ending of the first season. The characters are often pulled apart by their families, and it is the search for identity that is so important to the show.

Kevin Costner talks about ‘liking the land’ of the genre, and how his character is a complicated fellow, buffeted and swayed by expectations and vendettas.

The cast also consider the modern day Western has having huge parallels not only with the past but also with the rest of the world. Love, family, loyalty are central to the show, and these are aspects that can be understood by all of us.

The show is entering its five season and continues the story of a ranching family in Montana faces off against others encroaching on their land. Yellowstone follows the Dutton family, led by John Dutton, who controls the largest contiguous ranch in the United States, under constant attack by those it borders – land developers, an Indian reservation, and America’s first National Park.

It is an intense study of a violent world far from media scrutiny – where land grabs make developers billions, and politicians are bought and sold by the world’s largest oil and lumber corporations. Where drinking water poisoned by fracking wells and unsolved murders are not news: they are a consequence of living in the new frontier. It is the best and worst of America seen through the eyes of a family that represents both.