AMERICANALMANAC (Charles McAdams) - Cole Hauser describes nine months of punishing Texas conditions on 'Dutton Ranch' set
Cole Hauser says the cast and crew of Paramount+'s Dutton Ranch were physically broken down after nine months of filming Season 1 in Texas, where temperatures hit 118 degrees and snake wranglers pulled 275 serpents off the set. The 51-year-old actor, who plays ranch foreman Rip Wheeler in Taylor Sheridan's latest franchise spinoff, told People […] The post Cole Hauser describes nine months of punishing Texas conditions on 'Dutton Ranch' set appeared first on American Almanac .
Cole Hauser says the cast and crew of Paramount+'s Dutton Ranch were physically broken down after nine months of filming Season 1 in Texas, where temperatures hit 118 degrees and snake wranglers pulled 275 serpents off the set. The 51-year-old actor, who plays ranch foreman Rip Wheeler in Taylor Sheridan's latest franchise spinoff, told People magazine that the weather alone nearly did in the entire production. Season 1 wrapped last month after a grueling shoot that ran through blistering summer heat, sudden freezing cold, and ice storms, all on open Texas land, not climate-controlled soundstages. Hauser did not sugarcoat it. The combination of extreme temperatures, venomous wildlife, and feral hogs roaming the filming area turned what…Open