Harrison Ford tried around 75 different cowboy hats for 'Yellowstone' spinoff '1923': 'It was definitely a process'
- Harrison Ford tested out "approximately 75 hats" to find the right look for his character in "1923."
- The show's costume designer said creator Taylor Sheridan was "very specific" about what he wanted.
For his role in the upcoming "Yellowstone" prequel series "1923," Harrison Ford tested out "approximately 75 hats" before producers were able to settle on the right one, according to the show's costume designer.
In the new drama, which premieres on Paramount+ later this month, the "Indiana Jones" star plays Jacob Dutton, an ancestor of "Yellowstone" character John Dutton (Kevin Costner).
At the red carpet premiere of the show on Friday evening, costume designer Janie Bryant shared that Ford's look took longer than expected to nail down because of the sheer number of different styles of cowboy hats out there for her to pick from.
"It's all about his hat," Bryant told Variety. "We made so many for him. All the different colors — trying the different creases, the different brims, the different crown heights."
The award-winning costumier, who previously worked on "Mad Men," "Deadwood," and "1883," added that "it was definitely a process" to get right.
Bryant said that production went through an estimated 75 hats before settling on the modest and pale tan-colored hat that Ford can be seen wearing in the publicity shots and trailer for the new series, which they have anointed "The Jacob" after his character.
Bryant went on to say that it was of utmost importance to showrunner Taylor Sheridan to find the right hat for the character since Jacob is the definitive idea of a Western cowboy in the world of "Yellowstone."
She said: "Taylor is also very specific about the kind of hat that he likes, too. There was a lot of collaboration with Taylor, with Harrison, and myself, to create what I call the 'Jacob.'"
The show focuses on the second and third generations of Duttons as they "struggle to survive historic drought, lawlessness and prohibition, and an epidemic of cattle theft; all battled beneath the cloud of Montana's great depression, which preceded the nation by almost a decade."
In addition to Ford and Helen Mirren, the series also stars "Game of Thrones" actor Jerome Flynn, the star of the 1995 "Pride and Prejudice," Jennifer Ehle, "Scream" actor Marley Shelton, and former Bond star Timothy Dalton — who has been seen most recently in Netflix's "The Crown."
Brandon Sklenar, Darren Mann, Michelle Randolph, James Badge Dale, Brian Geraghty, Aminah Nieves, and Julia Schlaepfer round out the cast.
"1923" will premiere on Paramount+ on December 18.