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.
01:01Who keeps 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,
01:15was this connection to the land, connection to nature.
01:18Because I've always had that as a kid, especially.
01:20I 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, and he's got a lot to work on.
01:41He's been through a lot, doesn't know how to deal with it, has a lot to say, but doesn't
01:45know 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
01:55this woman, you 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
02:04the end 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?
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02:41For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.