Nepo Baby Alert! Kevin Costner Defends Casting Son Over Another Actor!

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Kevin Costner isn’t above getting his kids a Hollywood role… But he feels he’s got a good reason why. The Wyatt Earp star is set to return to the 1800s later this summer with his new Western epic, Horizon: An American Saga, which he wrote, directed, stars in — and personally financed to the tune of $38 million.

It’s part one of a three-part series, so it goes without saying Kev had a big world to build out. And he wanted his 15-year-old son Hayes to be a part of that world!

During an interview with Today on Monday, the 69-year-old revealed he named his teen son after his own onscreen character in the film, so it was a perfect fit… Though he assures he isn’t typically one to shoehorn his kids into Hollywood: Well, it’s good that it sounds like he mostly maintains the mentality of keeping roles open for non-nepo baby actors… And his reason for putting the kid in the picture seems like a sweet one.

But still, here we are with another nepo baby in a Hollywood flick. But at least not a starring role in this one? A single scene?