Kevin Costner is an actor, but he is also a father. And he wants the best for his children (he is a dad to seven). This means that if they are interested in acting, he is going to do what he can to make that a possibility, which is exactly what he did for his son, Hayes Logan Costner (who is his second youngest). For those who donโt know, his son was cast as Nathaniel Kittredge in Horizon: An American Saga, despite being a total rookie.
Costnerโs decision has raised a few eyebrows and according to Page Six, Hayes did not even audition for the part. Despite this, Costner is making no apologies for his actions. In an interview on the Today Show, he said, โHeโs a beautiful boy, and heโs quiet.โ Noting how he felt Hayes was the right person for the part.
Kevin Costner Defends His Decision To Cast His Son
In the interview, Kevin Costner also admitted that despite many other actors being more experienced, he felt that Hayesโ performance was impressive. He referred to it as โreally beautiful.โ
โI have not shoved my children into the business,โ he said. โI realize thereโs so many young actors that would just kill to be in this movie. And I donโt want to take those parts away from them just โcause I can place my own children in. But in this instance, it was a smaller part. I selfishly wanted him with me for the week, two weeks he was with me.โ
In the same interview, the actor commented on the work he did with his son. โItโs a really complicated scene,” he said. “In the end, thereโs a nobility, thereโs an absolute fatalness about it. Itโs what you want in a son. Itโs what you donโt want a son to do, and at the end of the day, youโre proud that he would make that choice.โ
Now that Hayes has started his acting career, we may be seeing a lot more of him in the future.
