Its popularity and success are partly due to its phenomenal cast.
Oscar-winning performers like Tom Hanks and Billy Bob Thornton also make guest appearances.
McGraw is best known for his decades-long, multi-award-winning music career.
However, McGraw is also one of the few musicians who has successfully entered the acting world.
Fun fact:Alongside filming 1883, McGraw was also still touring at some points!
Margaret is the formidable and protective but loving matriarch of the Duttons.
Throughout the filming of 1883, Hill instituted a unique agreement with McGraw: there would be no reheonscreenhome.
She wanted their on-screen interactions to be purely Margaret and James, not Faith and Tim.
She said, Wed never run lines together until they said action…it was off-limits.
Hill had to attend cowboy camp, which she said was so much fun, but its hard work.
Its real…I have so much respect for true cowboys and what they do.
Despite being an ensemble cast, Elsa is the heart of the 1883 story.
May describes her character as one who exemplifies grace and passion and bravery (perThe Hollywood Reporter).
However, Sheridan saw something in the young actress and essentially wrote the role of Elsa for May.
She also narrates several episodes in Yellowstone (2018-2024) and 1923 (2022-2025) as Elsa.
Playing Shea isnt a big stretch for Elliott because hes familiar with the Western genre.
Elliotts role as Shea earned him a well-deserved SAG award for an Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor.
Thomas is a former slave and a veteran buffalo soldier of the Civil War.
Garretts character is Sheas right-hand man on the wagon train to the West.
He is also the only African American character in the show.
(perEntertainment Weekly).
In an interview withEsquire, Garrett said that he appreciated how Sheridan wrote Thomas character.
1883s story focused on his friendship with Shea rather than his skin color or background.
Like their on-screen counterparts, Garrett and Elliott have become good friends off-screen.
Elliott revealed that theyd become very close and developed a love for each other.
Hes also appeared in several German-language series and films.
As a no-nonsense lawman, Courtright deals harshly with any murderers in Fort Worth.
Thorntons brief appearance as Courtright has led to a further collaboration with Sheridan.
Thornton stars as Tommy Norris in Sheridans hit seriesLandman(2024-2025).
Like Sam Elliott, he also appeared in Tombstone (1993).
Ennis relationship with Elsa is pivotal in the show and forces a necessary shift in her character.
Prior to 1883, Nelsen won an Emmy for his role in The Bay (2010-2024).
She loved the idea of teaching acting, so she enrolled in some acting classes.
After her training, the COVID-19 pandemic struck, and theaters were abruptly shut down.
so that create and nurture her soul, she began auditioning for on-camera parts.
Brancusi also worked with Sheridan again in the popular series Mayor of Kingstown (2021-2024).
Hanks joined the cast for one simple reason: friendship.
Hanks replied, Tell me when to be there.
McGraw shared that the two didnt see each other on set until they were ready to begin filming.
Neither wanted to see what the other looked like in their roles.
He described the Hanks walking onto the set as pretty magical.
It was a pretty heavy scene.
Tom Hanks needs a little introduction.
His iconic career has spanned several decades and earned him two Academy Awards among multiple Oscar nominations.
Hes also earned several other awards, including Peoples Choice Awards, SAG Awards, and Golden Globes.
In 2016, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Since lemonade just wont cut it, Carolyn helps Margaret unwind with some whiskey punch during their scene.
Like McGraw and Hanks, Hill and Wilson are also real-life good friends.
Spotted Eagle helps the Dutton family on their journey to finding a place to settle.
He also develops a relationship between the Dutton family and the Indigenous people.
Spotted Eagle delivers prophetic words to James Dutton that help shape the entire Yellowstone franchise.
Greene has had a long-standing and illustrious career in Hollywood.
Greene also previously worked with Sheridan and Sensiemer in Wind River (2017).
She also appears in Sheridans Lionness (2023-2024).
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