Isabel May is now part of a star-studded cast that includes country music superstars Tim McGraw and Faith Hill. As well as western icon Sam Elliott. While recalling her experience filming season 1, May revealed that Elliott told Tombstone stories on the 1883 set. And she wasn’t the only one who thought that was “pretty damn cool.”
May said that filming for 1883 took place in both Texas and Montana. And during the Montana shoot, they all stayed in the same place. That arrangement resulted in a lot of late nights and “really interesting stories” from Elliott, who plays cowboy Shea Brennan on the Yellowstone prequel. And May noted she wasn’t the only 1883 cast member who enjoyed the experience.
“It’s one of those strange things where you sit down and go, “I’m listening to the iconic Sam Elliott talk about an interaction he had on the iconic Tombstone.’ So that was pretty damn cool; I can’t lie,” May said. “And it was fun to see how intrigued Tim and Faith were while listening to him as well.”
“So watching them listen to Sam Elliott tell stories with big, wide kid eyes, googly eyes, was really amusing. It was almost more entertaining to watch Faith and Tim take it all in … Almost,” May said with a laugh.
Isabel May knows Taylor Sheridan’s plan for ‘1883’ beyond season 1
When asked if she knew “beyond season 1,” May said that she knew “a little beyond the first season.” As for how much she knew about Sheridan’s “overall plan,” she said: “I’ve been let in. I haven’t poked and prodded, personally, because I’ve never been one to do that. But he’s always been very forthright with me, and it’s probably because I don’t poke and prod.”