Future of Yellowstone spin-off Dutton Ranch revealed, after actor Ed Harris begged to ‘get out’

Ed Harris will reportedly return to Yellowstone spin-off Dutton Ranch and with it, some big changes after the actor voiced complaints about his character.

The 75-year-old Oscar nominee felt “misled” and “underused” playing the role of Everitt McKinney in the Taylor Sheridan series, a role that was billed as “one of the four main characters”.

The Apollo 13 star, who will be returning for the second season, aired his complaints to producers, according to Deadline.

According to the outlet, series creator Chad Feehan, who served a showrunner, was let go ahead of the series premiere, largely due to concerns over Harris’ character.

It’s reported that Harris was involved in picking the new series showrunner ahead of Season 2 production.

SEAL Team creator Benjamin Cavell was named as a replacement last month, with Harris now “front and centre” in the upcoming season which is currently being written.

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The Truman Show star is being “kept in the loop” as the script is written, according to Deadline. Production is expected to begin January next year.

The veteran actor revealed he almost quit Dutton Ranch after feeling “misled” over his role in the modern Western series.

Starring alongside Annette Bening, Harris plays veterinarian ally to Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser’s Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler.

“Midway through the first season, I was ready to say, ‘get me the f--- out of here,’ to tell you the truth,” the veteran star told Variety.

“I didn’t feel I was being used. I felt very misled. Prior to signing on for it, I was talked to quite a bit about what the season was, and what my character was going to do, and that I was one of the four main characters. And that wasn’t really the case.”

Harris said he raised his concerns, but did not name show creator Sheridan directly.

“I said, ‘I’m feeling underused and inconsequential’, and they kind of went, ‘Oh’,” he said.

Despite his reservations, Harris signed on for two seasons and said he had been told his character would have more to do in when the show returns.

“It was just a little frustrating. When I watched the season, it’s fine, it’s pretty good. It seemed like I was relatively important to the story, but the doing of it didn’t feel that way,” he said.

There was one cut scene in particular that made him want to walk.

“What really pissed me off, to tell you the truth, is the first episode, or the second, they told me before I signed on that you get to sing in the bar … and they cut it! They said it was too ‘up’ for the dark ending of the episode … I’m like, ‘F--- you people!’ That, to me, is reason enough to say, ‘I’m voiding my contract.’”