However, it didn’t always seem like Costner was destined for Hollywood stardom.
Before he became a household name, he worked regular jobs to make ends meet.
I worked fishing boats, I drove trucks …
I sought out adventure wherever I could," he said.
Maybe his blue-collar background helped shape his on-screen persona as an everyman hero.
Decades later, the actor was earning $1.3 million per episode for theTV show “Yellowstone.”
Losing a life-long partner
Kevin Costner described the year 1994 as the hardest one in his life.
“I know it hurt some people that I had failed in my marriage.
And the marriage was my own failure.”
The pair had three children together Annie, Lily, and Joe.
Balancing these two events at the same time wasn’t easy.
Reportedly, director Kevin Reynolds abandoned the project due to the endless fights with Costner and the studio.
“Costner was having to carry the movie, while his marriage was falling apart,” Rader toldYahoo!
The pair did end up filing for divorce in 2023.
Her death shook him to his core.
“You weren’t just pretty,” he added.
“You were as beautiful as a woman could be …
There’s a lady in heaven who is making God himself wonder how he created something so perfect.”
12 years after her death, he said on “Armchair Expert” that he loved her.
“It’s not like this giant mystery,” Costner stated.
“She’s always gonna love me, in the song.
I was her imaginary bodyguard.”
It took time for “Waterworld” to generate revenue, and reviews weren’t too kind.
The film got four Razzie nominations, including Worst Picture, Worst Actor, and Worst Director.
“I’ve never worked drunk on a set.
“I worked 10 days under an IV drip.”
“I sat in my trailer with a morphine drip in my arm,” he said.
“I wanted to cry, but there was everybody watching, so I didn’t.”
When disaster struck in the Gulf of Mexico, BP agreed to buy the technology.
Baldwin sued Costner in 2010 for $17 million, crying fraud and deception.
The “Yellowstone” actor had been especially concerned for his reputation.
According to Costner’s lawyer, he had been a target due to his fame.
This lawsuit burned every bridge possible between the two.
Unlike some Hollywood grudges that heal with time, Costner and Baldwin’s fallout was final.
