Yellowstone’s Wes Bentley Desires Jamie to ‘Struggle Again’ in Season 5

Drama on the ranch! Tensions at all times run excessive on Yellowstone, however Wes Bentley thinks season 5 of the Paramount Community sequence takes the battle to a brand new degree.

“The stakes are larger than they’ve ever been, and now we have quite a lot of cliffhangers and new individuals to return in and disrupt all of that,” the American Horror Story alum, 44, solely informed Us Weekly on the present’s season 5 premiere in New York Metropolis. “I feel it’s essentially the most thrilling and essentially the most intense [season].”

The American Magnificence actor famous that a lot of the drama arises from John Dutton’s (Kevin Costner) new position as governor of Montana. “I feel it’s extra harmful as a result of the inflection level’s coming for John, and that is his final sport,” Bentley defined. “One thing he by no means needed to do was be a politician. It’s his determined Hail Mary move. … The strain is rising.”

In the meantime, Bentley’s character, Jamie Dutton, is coping with the fallout from his season 4 homicide of his organic father, Garrett Randall (Will Patton). The killing seemingly ended any likelihood of a reconciliation between Jamie and his sister, Beth (Kelly Reilly), who has photographic proof of the crime.

“I feel Jamie’s at all times — possibly greater than [Beth] — felt like there was some reconciliation and love there that he may come again to,” the Interstellar actor informed Us. “However her having him kill his father is the breaking level, and no matter love he had for her is gone. No matter hope he had for her is gone. And greater than that, I feel he’s indignant and he desires her to pay.”

Jamie has a historical past of letting his household get one of the best of him, however Bentley hopes that adjustments sooner or later. “Each scene I learn, it’s like, ‘What are you doing, man? Struggle again!’” the Arkansas native quipped. “However all of us get in these moments the place one thing retains you from that. And Jamie, it’s laborious to play him for that cause.”

It looks like Jamie may lastly get his likelihood to combat, although, as he makes an attempt to cease John from taking full management of Montana. “I feel the phantasm of John being this hero as larger than life [and] stronger than my character crumbled,” Bentley defined. “And now [Jamie] is simply desperately making an attempt to assist save the state from his father.”

On the very least, Jamie can take consolation in understanding that his adoptive dad could must eat his phrases relating to politicians and legal professionals. “John has at all times hated on politicians and legal professionals, and stated they have been nugatory individuals,” Bentley informed Us. “For him then to show and grow to be one, Jamie sees that not as an influence transfer, however as a weak point transfer.”

Season 5 of Yellowstone premieres on Paramount Community Sunday, November 13, at 8 p.m. ET.

With reporting by Leanne Aciz Stanton