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Season one of Netflix's new romantic western series 'Ransom Canyon' is now streaming. Stars Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly spoke to The Hollywood Reporter's Tiffany Taylor all about the project and their respective characters Staten and Quinn. Plus, the pair weighed in on why audiences are drawn to western series like their new show and 'Yellowstone.'

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00:00It feels like these people, we know them in some way, or we relate to them in some way.

00:07Season one of Netflix's new romantic Western series, Ransom Canyon, is now streaming.

00:12Stars Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly spoke to The Hollywood Reporter all about the project

00:16and their respective characters, Staten and Quinn.

00:19What made you both want to be a part of this show?

00:22It felt like something I hadn't done before, but something I really wanted to do.

00:24You know, I really love telling a story of a woman trying to figure things out,

00:31coming into her power and finding her self-esteem and knowing her worth

00:35and navigating these really complex relationships with the men in her life

00:39and her career and balancing those things and recognizing dysfunctional patterns

00:45and learning how and when to step out of those.

00:48I just love telling that type of story.

00:51I said that I was aware.

00:52I don't feel bad for you, Staten.

00:54Yeah, well, I don't remember asking you to.

00:56You know, maybe you should tell your new boyfriend to call his son.

01:01Uki's being childish now.

01:03Duhamel has recently made headlines for his off-the-grid lifestyle

01:06in the lakeside cabin he built for his family in the woods in Minnesota.

01:10He says the show's rural setting made him feel right at home.

01:13That's one of the things that really drew me to it was this connection to the land,

01:17connection to nature.

01:18Because I've always had that as a kid, especially I grew up kind of out in the country.

01:22And for me going back there, I almost felt like I was going back to my childhood in a way.

01:26Now I get to see it through my kids' eyes.

01:27There's just something very lived in about this show.

01:32It feels like these people, we know them in some way.

01:36They are not perfect.

01:37My character especially is not perfect.

01:39And he's got a lot to work on.

01:41He's been through a lot.

01:42Doesn't know how to deal with it.

01:44Has a lot to say, but doesn't know how to say it.

01:46If we were to keep going, would I want us to get together?

01:49Yeah.

01:50But also, he's got a lot of figuring out to do of himself before he's even ready for this

01:56woman.

01:57You know?

01:57She's evolved.

01:59He's not even close.

02:00The series comes after the wildly popular show Yellowstone aired its series finale at the

02:05end of last year.

02:06The stars weighed in on why they think viewers are drawn to Western dramas.

02:10People have called this show the next Yellowstone.

02:12Why do you think fans of Western series will love this show?

02:16When you look at television for the last 10 or 15 years, it's been a lot of representation

02:20of the parentheses of the country, when there's a whole middle part that is probably really

02:26excited to see their landscapes and to see themselves on television.

02:31I think maybe that might be why there's a big appetite for it.

02:34I wonder if I could be wrong.

02:36What do you think?

02:36That's really well put.

02:37I think it's fine.

02:38For all the latest TV news, head to THR.com.

02:42For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.

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