Yellowstone’s Luke Grimes on if Kayce and Monica Get a 'Happy Ending' (Exclusive)

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00:00This is the beginning of the end.

00:02I know.

00:03Gosh, how are you feeling heading into the final hurrah for Yellowstone?

00:08It's been a tough adjustment, I've got to say.

00:11Continuing to process this big, huge part of my life being over.

00:14How would you describe what fans are in for?

00:18Oh man, I would say, you know, it's only six episodes.

00:21So, pay attention and buckle up. It goes fast.

00:26Starts at a 10 and ends at an 11.

00:28This knife wears my blood.

00:31This knife wears my...

00:32And action!

00:34How emotional were those final days on set and shooting those scenes?

00:39You know, they happened really fast.

00:40It's one of those things, you kind of just, we started shooting the final season

00:44and you blinked and it was over.

00:46And, you know, I'm taking goodbye pictures with everyone

00:50and my last day was with Kelsey and Brecken.

00:53Well, the scenes themselves were very emotional, so that sort of helped, you know.

00:57We were kind of actually in a good headspace to do the scenes.

01:00I can't really say much about what they are, but...

01:03But there were tissues nearby because you were already crying.

01:05Yeah, for sure.

01:07It just got us sort of, you know, in the moment.

01:10But yeah, I think, I keep saying it's like the summer camp blues, you know.

01:14It's like that last time when all your friends go away and you're like, you know,

01:17you're just kind of sitting at home by yourself like, where is everybody?

01:19But, yeah, the one thing I do know is like, I will, I'll always have the show.

01:25I can sit and watch the show whenever I want and relive this over and over again, so that's good.

01:30I think you do something like this this long and something that's become this important to you

01:36and those friendships last.

01:37I don't think, I'll see these people, you know, over and over again.

01:41You know, when you look back at the years and the magnitude of what this show

01:46has been able to accomplish, I know you've done amazing things in your career,

01:51but where does this rank amongst everything?

01:53Oh, absolutely number one.

01:55I think, you know, if I think of any job I've ever done in terms of, you know,

02:00what it's meant to me, what it's sort of done for my life, you know,

02:05how much I loved a character, a cast, a crew,

02:08it's absolutely the most important and fulfilling creative thing I've ever done.

02:12There's been so much secrecy, of course, with these final episodes.

02:17What were you allowed to know heading into the final hurrah?

02:22I had the scripts. I was one of the lucky ones.

02:24So I got to read everything before we started.

02:27I almost wanted to hold off on reading the very last script because I didn't want to know.

02:30And then the night before we started shooting episode one,

02:34I just couldn't sort of lock back in.

02:36It had been two years and, you know, after that amount of time,

02:39like how do I find this guy again?

02:41So I read the last one and I was a mess.

02:45It was, as everyone will see, it's very, very profound and very powerful.

02:50Tell us how you really feel.

02:52But it was worth it.

02:53I think, you know, I've watched television shows before where you invest all this time

02:57and then you get to the end and it feels like you wasted your time.

03:01And we definitely don't do that here.

03:04So you're saying the fans will be very happy with how it looks, don't you?

03:07I hope so. I think they will and I hope they are.

03:09What I'm doing isn't for the ranch. It's for us.

03:12With Kevin Costner gone, this season focuses on a battle between Beth and Jamie

03:17with Casey stuck in the middle.

03:19It all begins Sunday on Paramount Network.

03:22I will say that Casey's always just been in a different world than those two.

03:27You never really see Casey and Beth together.

03:30You've barely seen, you know, Casey and Jamie have had a couple scenes over the years,

03:34but all of the worlds sort of collide this season,

03:37so you're going to see a lot of all of them together.

03:40How far will they go to take each other down?

03:45All the way? I don't know.

03:47I know what to do. Believe in me.

03:49I've always believed in you.

03:51Where do we pick up with Casey and Monica?

03:55Pretty much where we left off from season five.

03:58That's a great answer.

03:59Like right there.

04:00They're talking about going and looking at this new house.

04:04Clearly that's been a thing for them throughout the whole show, the whole series.

04:07They don't know where they belong, they don't have a ranch or the reservation.

04:11And so they find a home.

04:13That's this place called East Camp, and we kept calling it HGTV

04:18because you're just watching them sort of make this house into a home for a while.

04:23Okay.

04:24And it starts to feel like maybe they found their spot.

04:27And could the cameras continue to follow them in this new spot, maybe?

04:32If there were a spinoff, would you be open to it?

04:36Absolutely, yeah, yeah.

04:38If Taylor were writing it, yes.

04:41In my vision, the choice that I saw was between this place and you.

04:48Maybe this is the way we have both.

04:51What do you hope Casey and Monica's legacy is?

04:54Because outside of Rip and Beth, they are really a couple that the world has fallen in love with.

05:01Yeah, I mean I guess you watch their relationship through the seasons,

05:05and the one thing that's sort of...

05:08The problem is that they can never find where they belong,

05:12and because of that they can never find happiness.

05:14You know, they have love.

05:16They love each other unconditionally, but they can't find peace.

05:20And so I guess that's what I always hoped for them,

05:24is that they would find their happy ending.

05:26Do they? At the end of these episodes?

05:28I can't say that.

05:30I signed things.

05:31I know, right?

05:32My phone will ring right now.

05:34As for Luke's real-life happy ending,

05:36well, he's currently working on a new album.

05:39Filming the show actually inspired him to move to Montana four years ago,

05:43and he's embracing his newest role.

05:45Dad to a six-week-old baby boy.

05:47Congratulations.

05:50How is it going? A smile on your face says it all.

05:52I mean, it's amazing.

05:54It's amazing and hard.

05:57No one can prepare you for that first month, you know?

06:01You know, I feel like my heart grows every day,

06:04and I'm just, like, madly in love with the little guy.

06:07So we're doing great.

06:09What has been your favorite part of fatherhood so far?

06:12It's bringing my wife and I a lot closer in a really interesting way.

06:16You know, we're becoming a team in a way that I didn't foresee

06:22or didn't know that was possible.

06:24What duties are you picking up?

06:25Are you on diaper duty?

06:26Because it's a team. It's a teamwork.

06:28How to do diaper duty.

06:30You know, because she's kind of doing everything else.

06:32I can't feed him. I can't do any of that.

06:36So I do what I can.

06:40Does he like Dad's music?

06:41I hope so. I can't tell yet.

06:44I'm also not shoving it on him just yet.

06:46Give him some time.

06:47What's inspiring the music these days?

06:49Clearly having a kid.

06:53So is this a lullaby album?

06:56I won't get too mushy.

06:58Yeah, I mean, not only the love,

07:01but just a lot of sort of big profound feelings

07:04that I'm sort of going through

07:07and thinking about my own parents and things like that.

07:10So yeah, it's bringing up a lot of stuff.

07:12You have to, of course, head out on tour.

07:14Is he going to come with? How are you going to...

07:16He's going to come to the Grand Ole Opry.

07:20I feel like I may want to bring him out.

07:23Give him his Opry debut as well.

07:25Oh, he for sure has to follow in your footsteps

07:28then one day in music.

07:30He can be whatever he wants,

07:31but he will definitely be getting guitars and drum sets

07:34and things for birthdays very early on.

07:36What about in front of the camera?

07:38Would you want him to act as well?

07:41Oh man, that's...

07:43I'd much rather him be a musician, to be honest.

07:45Why is that?

07:47Just because acting is such a tough business.

07:50So is music.

07:51I'm learning that now.

07:52I'm new in the business of music,

07:54but music is something that I think

07:56you can do it by yourself in your room.

07:59You can't film or television act by yourself.

08:03You've got to be in it.

08:05You're a part of a huge machine,

08:07and sometimes it can be a really hard thing.

08:09If he wanted to, I would support him and try to help him,

08:12but I'd much rather him be a musician.

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