Josh Lucas

I’ve been doing a rewatch and I’ve come to think that The Actor who plays young John (Josh Lucas) Dutton is SO MUCH BETTER then Costner, like with the scene with Evelyn Dying the amount of Emotion that he goes through When he sees the horses he looks puzzled then it clicks then he’s off running, when he finds Beth he’s so hopped up on Adrenaline he yells “where are they!” And immediately calms down, gets off his horse and comforts her first before asking and all the other Flashbacks from Young John I can’t imagine Costner doing any of that; Costner has one Emotion and One delivery “Gruff” and and sounds like he Phones it in where Lucas actually PLAYS the character with the small amount of screen time he’s been getting as Young John he seems like the better actor for John

With the news of the Rip and Beth spinoff show being announced, I don’t mind but I’d rather have an expansion of the flashbacks of John Dutton in the 90s played again by Josh Lucas with him at his prime along with the younger Lloyd and his relationship with the young Rip Wheeler. The flashbacks were very interesting and Josh Lucas was incredible and kept the same power that Costner brought John Dutton. I’d love to see the obstacles he’s faced at this point in time.