yellow stone director Cristina Voros revealed the secret surrounding the last season It reaches the top and she was the “guardian.”

“Half the cast doesn’t know what’s going on,” Voros said. The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday, November 5, explaining that she and the creator Taylor Sheridan decided to keep the last six scripts under lock and key.

Voros, who directed four of the six episodes of the second part of the farewell season, said: “It all came from protecting what Taylor, this cast and this family of creators have built over the years, and knowing how much anticipation there was. for these scripts.”

She continued: “The energy around him had more to do with protecting him for the audience than anything clandestine, and we went to big, big lengths.”

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Instead of using a traditional script coordinator, Voros said she “took charge” and did “writeups for each cast member” to keep the plot private.

“Most of the cast only understood the scenes they were in,” he shared. “So a lot of the cast, even some of our seven-year veterans, will learn what happens. when the show premieres.”

Voros noted that when they started filming the season finale, it was just her and her first AD, Kether Abeleshad access to the scripts. Producers and cast members were kept in the dark until they arrived on set to film.

Sheridan, who writes all the scripts, was part of Voros’ exclusive club from the beginning, as was the director. Michael Friedman.

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“The Dutton cast is in the secret club,” Voros said, referring to the protagonists. “But for the most part, people knew the scenes they were in.”

yellow stone follows the Dutton family, led by patriarch John Dutton (Kevin Costner) and their children, beth (Kelly Reilly)Jaime (Wes Bentley) and Kayce (Luke Grimes).

When Costner, 69, announced in June that I didn’t come back for 5BVoros said he raised the team’s choice for privacy for the potential series finale. (The first half of season 5 completed in January 2023.)

“It was a perfect storm, really. There is so much anticipation. There was a lot in the press about Kevin,” Voros said. “And when you make a show that has such a beloved following, everyone will have their ideas about how it should end.”

The director called the final chapter “beautiful, surprising, unexpected and fascinating,” in part because it is the end of an era. (Voros noted that he does not know if there will be a season 6 after rumors surfaced that Reilly and Cole Hauser I could lead more episodes.)

“You’re dealing with a cast of actors who know their characters as well as Taylor does, and who have dedicated their entire working lives to constructing these roles,” Voros gushed. “This year’s performances are simply outstanding.”

The cast’s ability to thrive without prying eyes was made possible by Voros’ determination to keep everything separate. That included treating each scene as a “closed scenario.”

“We had keywords for things. There were scenes where we had a lot of extras where we filmed a different version of the scene,” Voros recalled. “We’re very fortunate to have so many great background artists in the show and really make the world real for us, but you don’t want 150 people in an arena to go home and tell their families what they did that day. “

To avoid a leak, he said, “There were some places where the cast learned variations of what their dialogue was to protect and deflect from what people might think was happening.”

Voros compared the established rules to “COVID protocols” where if someone did not have access, they could not reveal the details.

“It was never out of fear that someone in the family would not protect the story. Rather, if you know something, you could accidentally mention it,” the filmmaker explained. “We were just protecting the cast and crew from even having that information, so we didn’t have to worry about whether they were keeping some things secret or not.”

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When it comes to what fans will see when Season 5 returns on Sunday, Nov. 10, Voros didn’t say whether John will be taken to the “train station,” meaning killed and buried by the Duttons. However, she scoffed at it. Juan will be “integral” in the final episodes.

“I think saying more than that could compromise all the work needed to write the scripts!” Voros laughed. “But I think the reason people wonder, ‘It is, right?’ Where is it and where is it not? It is because he is the patriarch and his presence is an essential component of the story. “John Dutton is still central.”

And he added: “The heart of this season is family. Taylor’s writings always touch on those themes. … I think in many ways this season comes full circle. “It all comes back to the family that started it all.”

yellow stone 5B premieres on Paramount Network on Sunday, November 10 at 8 pm with an encore two hours later on CBS.