She\u2019s known for her work on shows as varied as crime drama Big Sky, family comedy The Goldbergs, teen sci-fi fantasy The Gifted and comic-book thriller Gotham. <\/p>\n
Now Natalie Alyn Lind is putting on a pair of cowboy boots to enter the world of Yellowstone, the modern Western franchise created by Taylor Sheridan. <\/p>\n
\u201cOh my goodness, I mean, insane,\u201d Lind tells The Watchlist, almost with a squeal, of starring in sequel series Dutton Ranch.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s still me pinching myself every day.\u201d Lind had devoured all five seasons of the flagship Yellowstone series \u2013 in which Kevin Costner stars as John Dutton, the patriarch overseeing the family\u2019s Montana cattle ranch \u2013 before bringing her \u201cfeisty and free-spirited\u201d character Oreana to life in the spin-off, which focuses on fan favourites Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler (Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser) as they build a new life in South Texas. <\/p>\n
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\u201cShe wears her heart on her sleeve,\u201d Lind explains of Oreana. \u201cI just love how unpredictable she is. You can never really see her next move coming and she\u2019s not afraid to say what everybody else is thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dutton Ranch also welcomes Hollywood veterans Ed Harris and Annette Bening, both multiple Academy Award nominees. <\/p>\n
It also features Australians Jai Courtney and Finn Little; the latter reprises his Yellowstone character Carter, the troubled boy who is like a son to Beth and Rip. <\/p>\n
\u201cI want their accents so badly,\u201d Lind admits of her Aussie co-stars. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey have the best Southern accents as well,\u201d she adds of their ability to capture the singular American drawl. \u201cThey have perfected it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Aside from anchoring the series, Reilly and Hauser also serve as executive producers. \u201cThey\u2019ve been so deeply involved with the story and the development that it has been amazing to watch them work,\u201d Lind says of the Yellowstone veterans. <\/p>\n
\u201cEspecially knowing how deeply they understand this world.\u201d <\/p>\n
As for how her own fandom for the show manifested, Lind says the anticipation she felt as a viewer of the show was mirrored in her experience on set. <\/p>\n
\u201cHaving to wait for the new scripts to come out just felt like I was having flashbacks of having to wait for episodes,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n
Lind is just as enthusiastic about the arc of her whole career, in which \u2013 like the Duttons \u2013 she is part of a dynasty.<\/p>\n
Her mother, Barbara Alyn Woods, is best known for playing series regular Deb in One Tree Hill, while her father, John Lind, is a producer and first assistant director. <\/p>\n
Her two younger sisters, Emily and Alyvia, are successful actors, too.<\/p>\n
\u201cGrowing up, my mum specifically never wanted it to be something that came easy to us,\u201d Lind says. \u201cShe wanted us to work for it. <\/p>\n
\u201cAnd obviously, we\u2019re very grateful because she was able to pave the way for us.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut at the same time, we had to love it and maintain the passion that goes behind it, and that\u2019s something that all three of us have \u2013 a passion for this industry, and for the artistry that goes into it and creating characters.\u201d<\/p>\n
The three siblings can currently be seen on major streaming shows, with Emily starring in the Prime Video mystery-romance series We Were Liars, which is set to return for a second season later this year, and Alyvia appearing in the Toni Collette-led 2025 psychological thriller Wayward on Netflix. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve all worked pretty consistently, but it\u2019s the first time that all three of us are regulars on a show,\u201d Lind tells The Watchlist. <\/p>\n
\u201cI mean, we wouldn\u2019t be in the positions that we\u2019re in right now without my mum, but she definitely made us work for it. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt is so much more satisfying when you work towards things as well; if anything is ever given to me, it just doesn\u2019t feel right.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s that same mix of familial ties and independence-seeking that drives Dutton Ranch, a series Lind says is \u201cfiery, raw and full of surprises\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that in this entire Yellowstone universe, the sole basis of it has always<\/p>\n
come from a place of family, and that\u2019s something that\u2019s staying the same for this one,\u201d she reveals of the sequel. <\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes the messiest relationships in life are family relationships, and the people that can hurt you the most are the ones you love the most. <\/p>\n
\u201cThat is a common thread throughout this entire series.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dutton Ranch premieres this Friday on Paramount+. See the full cover story on Dutton Ranch in a new issue of The Watchlist, out in the Sunday papers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"She\u2019s known for her work on shows as varied as crime drama Big Sky, family comedy The Goldbergs,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":660399,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[2095,76150,47640,64,63,689,266443,319065,319069,76148,485,76149,319074,98394,298791,306032,252436,117510,134,272892,319062,301567,319064,319075,2105,1973,87002,258297,319070,319073,319061,70589,7734,319076,319077,2041,2067,677,291115,319063,76147,319072,319068,1124,319067,51292,176306,427,319066,2614,319071],"class_list":["post-660398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-america","tag-annette-bening","tag-assistant-director","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-actors","tag-barbara-alyn-woods","tag-ben-cutting","tag-beth-dutton","tag-california","tag-cole-hauser","tag-comic-book-thriller","tag-cover-story","tag-cowboy-boots","tag-crime-drama","tag-ed-harris","tag-emily","tag-entertainment","tag-erin-holland","tag-family-comedy","tag-family-relationships","tag-fan-favourites","tag-finn-little","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-hollywood","tag-joe-montana","tag-john-dutton","tag-john-lind","tag-jonathon-moran","tag-kelly-reilly","tag-kevin-costner","tag-montana","tag-multiple-academy","tag-mystery-romance-series","tag-north-america","tag-northern-america","tag-oceania","tag-one-tree-hill","tag-playing-series-regular","tag-rip-wheeler","tag-sequel-series","tag-singular-american-drawl","tag-south-australia","tag-stellar-podcast","tag-taylor-sheridan","tag-toni-collette","tag-tv","tag-unconventional-living-arrangements","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-yellowstone-spin-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=660398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/660399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}