Michele StuevenLuke Grimes reprises his role as Kayce Dutton in the long-awaited Yellowstone spinoff, Marshals, which premieres Sunday, March 1. With the Yellowstone Ranch behind him, he joins an elite unit of the U.S. Marshals, combining his skills as a cowboy and Navy SEAL to bring range justice to Montana.
Riding along with him on the range are his new teammates, Pete Calvin (Logan Marshall-Green), Belle Skinner (Arielle Kebbel), Andrea Cruz (Ash Santos), and Miles Kittle (Tatanka Means), balancing the high psychological cost of serving as the last line of defense in the region’s war on violence with their duty to their families.
Kayce’s son, Tate (Brecken Merrill), confidante Mo (Mo Brings Plenty), and Thomas Rainwater (Gil Birmingham) return to the show from the Broken Rock reservation.
While taking on the pressure of maintaining the Yellowstone franchise was somewhat daunting for Kebbel, the idea of starring in a Taylor Sheridan production and riding horses all day was nirvana.
“It’s the full package,” Kebbel tells LA Weekly, who has been riding since the age of five. “It’s the Taylor Sheridan genius and Yellowstone horse riding one-two punch combo and a dream come true.”
But despite her prowess as a horsewoman, Kebbel had to spend the mandatory week training at Cowboy Camp, alongside her castmates.
Marshals from left: Arielle Kebbel as Belle, Luke Grimes as Kayce Dutton, Logan Marshall-Green as Pete Calvin, Ash Santos as Andrea, and Tatanka Means as Miles. (Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved)
“In Yellowstone, you have the ranch and the herding of cattle and the roping,” she says. We had very little time, so we had to split it between horses and weapon training. I had two awesome days that were riding specific – how to rope in pairs, learning where the camera is when we’re galloping, how we move as a team on horseback, and getting to know your horse and its personality. The rest of the time was spent learning how to work as a team of marshals clearing a room, the footwork, the signals.”
In the premiere episode, Zone of Death, Dutton tries to embrace a new beginning as Marshals operative to stop a domestic terror attack. While confronting his complicated family past, he has to learn to ingratiate himself with his new Marshals teammates at the same time. The dramatic firepower combined with horsepower is an explosive mix.
“My first show really dealing with guns was 10 years ago in Midnight Texas, and safety is an important topic,” says Kebbel. “From a visual point of view, there’s a responsibility when you have a character carrying a gun. It’s important you only see them carrying guns when they need to and only use them when they need to. Speaking to what it’s like on set, we use quarter rounds, so real pops are happening, and at times, you’re aiming very close to each other, and you’re in tight quarters. We spend a lot of time talking about angles, and when I’m shooting, making sure my shells are nowhere near the cast member next to me.
From left: Logan Marshall-Green as Pete Calvin, Arielle Kebbel as Belle, and Luke Grimes as Kayce Dutton. (Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved)
“We talk about who is shooting when, making sure that we are clearing each other and never actually aiming at each other when we’re clearing a room,” she says. ‘We have someone on set who is in charge of all of the weapons. We’re not allowed to take a step when they call a cut. We don’t move; they come to us. They clear the weapon and radio on set that the weapon is cleared. If, for any reason, something goes wrong and the weapon hits the ground, we take time to clear it so there’s no dirt or rocks that would misshape the tip. Then, before we even start during rehearsal, they show us that it’s clear and we don’t put anything into the chambers until we’re rolling on camera.”
But despite having to chase bad guys while jumping from tree to tree and the bruises that go with it, Kebbel, who has been a board member at Skydog Ranch since 2017, loves doing the dance.
“I never thought I would adopt my own wild horse,” says the champion jumper. “I figured I was just going to help out however I could. Then I saw that Clare at Skydog was rescuing a round of 11 mustangs that were being shipped to slaughter the next morning. They were very young and all named after Disney characters. There were Aladdin, Snow White, Rapunzel, and others in bad shape. Clare put me in touch with this badass retired state trooper named Ann, who had volunteered to take them all and try to adopt them out to good homes. I chased Snow White from my dreams and found her. She has a wild spirit and has completely changed my life. I moved her to Utah and have been able to visit her between filming in Montana. She’s frolicking on 147 acres on beautiful land with some other Skydog mustangs and rescue cows.”
Marshals premieres Sunday, March 1 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network and streaming on Paramount+ (live and on-demand) for Paramount+ Premium plan subscribers, or on-demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the episode airs.
Arielle Kebbel and Snow White (Isabella MaryClaire)