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