{"id":576647,"date":"2026-03-31T16:43:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T16:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/576647\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T16:43:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T16:43:19","slug":"yellowstone-star-luke-grimes-shocked-by-marshals-killing-off-monica-dutton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/576647\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellowstone star Luke Grimes shocked by Marshals killing off Monica Dutton"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yellowstone<\/a> star Luke Grimes<\/a> was “heartbroken” to learn character Monica Dutton would be killed off in 2026 spin-off Marshals<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Grimes returns as Kayce Dutton in the hit Western franchise. His on-screen wife however, played by Kelsey Asbille<\/a>, was killed off in the explosive premiere of the new series.<\/p>\n

“I was not at all expecting that when I got the call that that’s their idea,” Grimes told Entertainment Weekly<\/a>. “And I felt two things simultaneously.”<\/p>\n

Want the official inside scoop on MAFS, unfiltered and unseen? Watch After The Dinner Party here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"YellowstoneLuke Grimes was “heartbroken” to learn Kelsey Asbille would not be returning for Marshals. (Stan)<\/p>\n

“For a while I couldn’t imagine doing it without her,” he revealed as he spoke of his close friendship with Asbille.<\/p>\n

“I was like, ‘That doesn’t even make sense. Kayce and Monica are the same thing. They’re one.’ But I also realised, well, there’s a big story there.”<\/p>\n

Grimes understood the need for a shakeup to help move the narrative, after Yellowstone’s finale<\/a> saw Kayce and Monica’s happy ending.<\/p>\n

\"YellowstoneAsbille as Monica Dutton in Yellowstone’s finale. (Stan)<\/p>\n

Stream every episode of Yellowstone only on Stan. \ufeff<\/a><\/p>\n

“Obviously, we can’t just watch this guy have his dream life. There’s no drama,” Grimes told the online publication.<\/p>\n

Something big would have to happen for Kayce to pick up his badge again.<\/p>\n

“The last time we saw him, he was throwing a badge in a field. Is he gonna go pick it up?” he said. “I did think it was a good idea, even though it was heartbreaking.”<\/p>\n

READ MORE:\ufeff Yellowstone’s Dutton Ranch trailer drops \u2013 but fans notice something is off<\/a><\/p>\n

Grimes said he “worked up the courage” to call his former co-star and tell her about Monica’s on-screen death.<\/p>\n

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“We had a great conversation,” he told TVLine at the time. “In true Kelsey fashion, she handled it like a pro and totally understood.”<\/p>\n

Fans predicted a major death in the spin-off when the official trailer for Marshals was released in January this year.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Locals demand Luke Grimes and his young family leave their town<\/a>\ufeff<\/p>\n

Notably absent from the trailer, below, was Monica Dutton. Instead, fans were met with Kayce and son Tate \ufeff(Brecken Merrill) tearfully watching a body being covered up at home.<\/p>\n

\"YellowstoneGrimes said he was “incredibly bummbed” not to be working with Asbille again. (Stan)<\/p>\n

“So I’m assuming they kill off Monica to grow Kasey’s character because she didn’t want him to go back to the gunslinger ways,” one fan shared their theory at the time.<\/p>\n

\ufeff”Ya’ll took out Monica? Well\u2026 time for unhinged Kayce to make a return. And I’m HERE for it,” another fan reacted.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: ‘I met a Hemsworth, and I was not expecting this’<\/a><\/p>\n

\ufeffSeason 1 of Marshals\ufeff picks up after the events of the Yellowstone finale as Kayce Dutton and son Tate grapple with grief on the ranch.<\/p>\n

\"YellowstoneKayce and Tate Dutton deal with grief once more. (Stan \/ Paramount)<\/p>\n

With his own “demons to conquer” the series follows Kayce’s decision to join an elite unit of U.S. Marshals, combining his skills as a cowboy and military background to bring justice to Montana range.<\/p>\n

However, the Dutton family name sure comes with a lot of skeletons in the cupboard. \ufeff<\/p>\n

To catch up, stream every episode of Yellowstone, only on Stan.<\/a> \ufeff<\/p>\n

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