Tim McGraw on embracing Method acting on '1883' and Faith Hill's reaction to it
He spoke about changing his habits and overall look for the role.
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill both embraced the 19th century pioneering lifestyle as co-stars in the Yellowstone prequel "1883," but McGraw just might have gotten a little too comfortable in character.
In a recent installment of Variety's "Just for Variety" podcast, McGraw admitted, "There were a few times that my wife forced me to take a shower while we were shooting, because I wanted to stay in character as best I could."
"She's like, 'I don't care about Method. You stink!'" he recalled.
Playing the role of James Dutton on the show also caused McGraw to temporarily change up his appearance a little bit, which posed its own set of challenges.
"When I grow my beard out, it's completely white," he revealed. "So the hardest part was keeping that thing dyed."
That meant he was rocking a different look at his shows, which he played whenever he got breaks from set.
"So showing up and doing a [concert] and having this big old beard on, and I'd put on like 10 pounds during the filming of the show just to look more like the part," he said. "To show up and put on these tight jeans and have this big, dark, dyed beard, and have the script in my head and trying to remember words, I just didn't feel comfortable at all. It was a tough thing to do."
But McGraw was fully committed to embracing the world of "1883." He's previously detailed other things he did to prep his character work, including going to "cowboy camp" with the rest of the cast.
