{"id":674434,"date":"2026-05-16T09:27:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T09:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/674434\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T09:27:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T09:27:13","slug":"dutton-ranch-exclusive-aussie-finn-little-lifts-lid-on-former-co-star-kevin-costner-ahead-of-explosive-new-spin-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/674434\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutton Ranch Exclusive: Aussie Finn Little lifts lid on former co-star Kevin Costner ahead of explosive new spin-off"},"content":{"rendered":"

E\ufeffXCLUSIVE: When it comes to Hollywood legends, young Aussie Finn Little<\/a> has worked with the best of them, including Academy Award winning actor Kevin Costner<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Brisbane teen, now 19, shared the screen with Costner in the hit western series Yellowstone<\/a>, and returns for the highly-anticipated spin-off Dutton Ranch<\/a> premiering today.<\/p>\n

Looking back at the scenes he did share with Costner, Little could agree: “Yeah, he’s Hollywood royalty.” \ufeff<\/p>\n

\"NEWFinn Little (left) with Dutton Ranch co-stars Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser, looks back on working with Kevin Costner. (Getty \/ Getty Images for The Recording Academy)<\/p>\n

“He was definitely a bucket list person to work with,” Little told nine.com.au. “So I’m happy I got to share the screen with him.”<\/p>\n

Little joined the franchise playing troubled orphan Carter in Yellowstone Season 4<\/a>. Costner led the series as patriarch John Dutton III; Dutton Ranch continues his legacy.<\/p>\n

“People ask me, what I learned from people I work with and I never have a good answer,” Little admitted.<\/p>\n

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\"KevinLittle shared the screen with Costner in Yellowstone’s Season 4 and 5 before the star’s shock departure. (Stan)<\/p>\n

It was a learning experience nonetheless said the breakout star. \ufeff<\/p>\n

“You just pick up on things subconsciously around the people you work with. I’d say that’s the best way to learn.”<\/p>\n

After all, it was Costner’s character that taught Carter how to horse ride.<\/p>\n

\"KevinLittle said growing up on the Yellowstone set was unlike any other experience. (Stan)<\/p>\n

“Working on Yellowstone on the Chief Joseph Ranch was very different,” Little reflected.<\/p>\n

“And to be able to grow up there and spend quite a lot of time there, especially learning to ride, it’s one of the most beautiful places in the world to learn how to ride horses.”<\/p>\n

But he teases the new ‘Dutton Ranch’ is unlike anything we’ve seen: “I think it’s got that very gritty Texas feel. I think people are going to like it.”<\/p>\n

\"NEWLittle was excited to attend the Dutton Ranch world premiere this week, pictured with new co-star Natalie Alyn Lind. (Getty)<\/p>\n

As far as career highlights go, working with Costner only scrapes the surface of Little’s impressive resume.<\/p>\n

By age 11, he made his big-screen debut alongside Academy Award winner Geoffrey Rush in 2019’s Storm Boy.<\/p>\n

He went on to lead blockbuster thrillers alongside Golden Globe winners Angelina Jolie and Nicholas Cage in 2021 and 2024 respectively.<\/p>\n

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And as the first two episodes of Dutton Ranch premiere on Paramount+ today, Little reunites with on-screen parents Kelly Reilly<\/a> and Cole Hauser<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Or as fans know them: Beth and Rip. \ufeff<\/p>\n

\"KellyBeth and Rip’s next chapter is set to be one of the most explosive yet. (Emerson Miller\/Paramount+)<\/p>\n

\ufeffFans have been begging for the return of the indomitable Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler.<\/p>\n

This explosive new chapter continues their story \u2013 far from the ghosts of Yellowstone and deep in dirt of South Texas. With that, comes brutal new realities and a ruthless rival they must face.<\/p>\n

But there’s one reunion Little didn’t see coming. The star “had no idea” fellow Aussie Jai Courtney was cast in the Dutton Ranch series.<\/p>\n

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“I showed up to [set] early and I remember I ran around a corner and went ‘oh, what’s this \ufeffguy doing here?’,” he recalled.<\/p>\n

That guy was \ufeffLittle’s other beloved co-star in 2019’s Storm Boy.<\/p>\n

\"JaiFellow Aussie Jai Courtney joins the A-list cast of Dutton Ranch, out today. (Emerson Miller\/Paramount+)<\/p>\n

“That was great, it was really nice to reunite with him,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Obviously it’s a little bit of a different relationship from Storm Boy, in Storm Boy he played my dad. In this series, I don’t think he likes me too much,” he laughed.<\/p>\n

Sounds like trouble for the Dutton family!<\/p>\n

Stream episodes 1 and 2 of Dutton Ranch out now on Paramount+. New episodes drop weekly on Fridays.<\/p>\n

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