Taylor Kitsch
‘American Primeval’ Team on Portraying the Brutal History of America’s Westward Expansion: “The Truth of This World Is Violent”
Director Peter Berg, executive producer Eric Newman, Indigenous Consultant Julia O’Keefe, stars Taylor Kitsch, Betty Gilpin, Irene Bedard, Kim Coates, Derek Hinkey and more discuss the show's approach to fact and fiction, particularly in its depiction of violence: “We are holding up something of a mirror.”
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‘American Primeval’ Director Peter Berg on Finale Deaths, the Prequel Spinoff He’s Considering and ‘Friday Night Lights’ Reboot
Berg also responds to criticisms of the representation of Mormon church leader Brigham Young and the line he wouldn’t cross when it came to violence depicted in the events surrounding the Mountain Meadows Massacre.
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‘American Primeval’ Review: Betty Gilpin Leads Netflix’s Relentlessly Brutal Peter Berg-Helmed Western Miniseries
Creator Mark L. Smith's six-episode examination of scruffy, vicious people traversing the Utah Territory in 1857 also stars Taylor Kitsch and Dane DeHaan.
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Taylor Kitsch Was Asked to Return for ‘Friday Night Lights’ Reboot But Only Wants to Do One Episode
The original ‘Friday Night Lights’ star shared his thoughts on participating in the rebooted high school football drama.
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Netflix Western ‘American Primeval’ Challenges Taylor Kitsch and Betty Gilpin to Survive in Trailer
The streamer's fictional limited series from Pete Berg, Mark L. Smith and Eric Newman is set in the brutal American frontier of 1857.
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Venice Community Housing Receives $500K Donation From Eric and Dana Newman (Exclusive)
Funds received from the Newmans, who are longtime supporters of the organization, will be used to grow affordable housing initiatives.
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“There’s So Much Peace to Grasp”: Taylor Kitsch on Using the Montana Wilderness to Help Communities in Need
The actor, who stars in Netflix’s 'Painkiller,' tells THR about his time away from the spotlight — spent building a healing retreat for veterans and people battling addiction.
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‘Painkiller’ Author on the 20-Year Road to a Netflix Hit and Why He Doesn’t Expect Richard Sackler to Watch
In 2003, Barry Meier wrote his first version of 'Pain Killer,' which along with Patrick Radden Keefe’s New Yorker article, is the source material for the streamer's series on the opioid crisis, Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family.
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Broken Ribs, Exploded Discs and Gunshot Wounds: Actors on How Much They’ve Suffered for the Craft
The Hollywood Reporter discovered that Colin Farrell put up with heart palpitations, David Arquette got shot in the leg, Joshua Jackson's disc exploded, Charlie Hunnam battled dengue fever and Betty Gilpin got a concussion, to name but a few.
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Taylor Kitsch to Lead Netflix Western From Peter Berg, Eric Newman
The six-episode limited series reunites the trio behind the streamer’s upcoming drama ‘Painkiller.’
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Taylor Kitsch on His New Series’ Inevitable Comparison to ‘Dopesick’: “We’re Not F***ing Around”
The actor, currently seen opposite Chris Pratt in 'The Terminal List,' talks about playing an addict in his upcoming opioid series 'Painkiller': "It's probably the work that I'm most proud of."
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‘The Terminal List’ Writer Jack Carr on Landing Dream Collaborators in Chris Pratt, Antoine Fuqua
"I think it actually set a land speed record of page to screen," joked showrunner and executive producer Dave DiGilio of how quickly it came together.
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