Kevin Costner knows you’re probably mad that he cast his 15-year-old son, Hayes, in his movie Horizon: An American Saga, but here’s the thing all of the haters and critics are missing: He really, really just wanted to spend more time with his son. And where better to do that than at work?
For many of us, the words “quality time” likely conjure quaint images of baseball games, road trips, and family game nights, but when you’re the booked-and-busy star of such hallowed franchises as Yellowstone, that is simply not feasible. Better to turn your next project into a marathon Take Your Son to Work Day.
Costner explained himself during a recent stop by the Today show, where he grabbed a figurative shovel to deepen the hole he’d already begun digging with this casting decision.
