Kevin Costner has celebrated his seventieth birthday by paying tribute to his late pal, Whitney Houston.
The official Instagram account for Whitney shared a behind-the-scenes image from their award-winning movie The Bodyguard, writing: “Glad birthday to Kevin Costner! A behind the scenes photograph from The Bodyguard with Kevin, Whitney and Ellin La Var, Whitney’s hair stylist for the movie.”
Kevin then reshared the account, including: “This photograph jogs my memory of how fortunate I’m to be getting one other birthday. We misplaced such a light-weight after we misplaced Whitney.”
Whitney died on February 11, 2012 on the age of 46; the official reason behind demise was drowning and the “results of atherosclerotic coronary heart illness and cocaine use”.
Kevin’s milestone birthday was additionally celebrated by household and mates, and Kevin himself shared a rarely-seen image of him as a younger boy dressed as a cowboy.
© Kevin Costner“Thanks guys for the birthday needs. Should you can imagine it, that is me. I used to be chasing the cowboy life nearly as quickly as I may stroll, and right here I’m doing it nonetheless,” he captioned the publish. “Right here’s to a different 12 months of conserving our sights set on our desires.”
Kevin has spent current years showing in a number of westerns initiatives, most famously the TV sequence Yellowstone.
The Paramount sequence grew to become a success in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic however Kevin was written out of the present in its final season amid a much-publicized rift with showrunner Taylor Sheridan and co-star Luke Grimes.
© ShutterstockHis character John Dutton was killed off in a devastating murder-for-hire plot, staged to seem as a suicide — a transfer that despatched shockwaves by means of the Yellowstone fanbase.
“Hopefully everybody can see that it was time,” Luke instructed Folks of Kevin’s exit.
“To be actually sincere, there was part of Kevin being gone that meant among the battle was gone. Clearly, it didn’t make it tremendous enjoyable to be round… Not pointing any fingers, however it was truly the best season we’ve filmed.”
© New Line CinemaKevin additionally put in nearly $40 million of his personal cash right into a four-part western extravaganza known as Horizon, though Horizon: Chapter One, which premiered at Cannes Movie Pageant, solely introduced in $11 million on opening weekend, and a complete of $38 million globally up to now.
The movie follows a 15-year span of pre-and post-Civil Battle growth and settlement of the American west and stars Oscar-winning actor Kevin alongside Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Jena Malone, plus his personal 15-year-old son Hayes, who makes a short look.
Horizon: Chapter 2 hadvert its world premiere on the 81st Venice Worldwide Movie Pageant and is scheduled to be launched in 2025 after Sony pulled a September 2024 launch.
