During a live recording of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast with Josh Horowitz, he began, “If I look back at my career, the one thing I have is that I make movies for men.” I work in that capacity. But I have made my career out of refusing to do a movie unless I had strong female characters. And I believe that’s the reason I have a loyal fan base.”
“Women, I appreciate you bringing their husbands along. After all, it was a Western,” he teased the crowd, who had come to hear the actor and his co-stars talk about their new film.
Released in late June, the first of four installments features a number of gifted actors, including seasoned Sienna Miller,
“Where’s the woman?” would cross your mind every time you started writing. Costner gave an explanation of how he creates the storylines for his Horizon movies. It simply fueled every key point in the narrative. I just thought it was so simple. It really was difficult for me to imagine a scene without ladies or a young child being raised by a strong woman.