I Also Do This: ‘American Primeval’s Taylor Kitsch On Developing A Passion For Hunting Bears, Wolves & Other Wildlife Armed With A Camera
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: An occasional look at the surprising creative outlets of members of the Hollywood community. The section began with producer Denise DiNovi’s pandemic plunge into painting after the shocking death of her husband After bursting on the scene as Friday Night Lights’ hellraising fullback Tim Riggins, Taylor Kitsch tried the fast lane to stardom, and found it wanting, with John Carter and Battleship sinking.
Kitsch regrouped and found a far more interesting path, playing film and TV roles that captured the heartland sensibilities and vulnerabilities that made Dillon Panthers’ #33 so appealing, the rough and tumble Texas kid with a heart of gold.
Those roles, many of them done in collaboration with director and FNL exec producer Peter Berg, have ranged from playing the late Patchogue legend Navy SEAL Michael Murphy in Lone Survivor; a tragic opioid-addicted everyman in the series Painkiller; and cult leader David Koresh in Waco to name a few.
His latest turn is American Primeval, the highly rated Netflix series set in the Old West, where Kitsch bares physical and existential scars as a guide escorting a mysterious hunted woman and her son across hostile terrain.
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