Kevin Costner talked about his latest movie project, a western called “Horizon: An American Saga,” and said he makes “movies for men.”
In a conversation posted online by the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast with Josh Horowitz, the 69-year-old actor said that even though his films are geared toward male audiences, he does make sure his movies contain “strong women characters” to carry his stories.
“If I look back at my career, the one thing I have,” Costner explained, “I make movies for men. That’s what I do. But I won’t make a movie unless I have strong women characters, and that’s how I’ve conducted my career. And I think that’s why I have a good following.”
“I thank you women for dragging your men here. It was a Western, after all,” he added.
“Whenever you start writing … you’d go, ‘Where’s the woman?’” Costner continued, talking about…
