Your first look at Riley Green as Garrett.
The country superstar is set to make his acting debut on the Yellowstone spinoff Marshals this coming Sunday, April 19th, where he will appear alongside Luke Grimes, who plays star Kayce Dutton, as Kayce takes on a new role as a U.S. marshal in Montana following the death of his wife, Monica. Riley will appear in multiple episodes, playing a former Navy SEAL named Garrett, who arrives at the ranch, unexpectedly, hoping to lean on his friends Kayce Dutton (Luke Grimes) and Cal (Logan Marshall-Green) to help “put the demons of his past to rest.”
Fans have been patiently waiting too see Riley make his acting debut, and during a recent interview with SiriusXM The Highway, Grimes talked about how they came up with the idea to get Riley on, saying he thought Riley had the perfect look to play an old SEAL team buddy:
“Riley and I were doing a write together and he was talking about wanting to act, and this was right when Marshals was sort of coming together. I thought, ‘Man, that’d be kind of cool if he was like in my show.’
I knew what it was going to be and I knew we were getting into that Navy SEAL stuff, and I was like, ‘He could be like an old team buddy or something.’ He’s got that look to him like he could be a team guy.”
But Grimes says he wasn’t really doing himself any favors by getting Riley on (aside from the ratings), because of how attractive Riley is, asking “who wants to stand next to him on screen?”, adding that he’s “6’4″ and pretty darn handsome.”
Personally, I think they both hold their own, but I digress…
“I knew I wasn’t doing myself any favors. Who wants to stand next to him on screen? You know what I mean? He’s 6’4″ and pretty darn handsome. But I was like, ‘You know what, man? I think he’d actually be really good at it, and I think this would be a great way in for him.’”
And fans now have their first official look at the kind of actor Riley is, as Marshals shared a clip teasing his first episode next week, where we see him appear at Kayce’s ranch, saying he just wanted to see an old Team’s buddy, though not everyone is convinced he has pure intentions. You see a montage of what looks like a very troubled character, and it appears as though Riley will also be performing as a clip of an unreleased song called “My Way,” which he’s teased on Instagram before and you can hear playing in the background of the clip.
There’s also a shot of him sitting around a campfire with a guitar, which we saw in the first trailer, and I imagine a studio cut of “My Way” might be coming soon too since he clearly recorded it for the show.
This will be Riley’s first time acting in a role like this, as he’s been in his own music videos but this is obviously a completely different thing. Grimes said Riley was great, especially considering it was his first time acting, saying that he “crushed it,” and based on this short teaser alone, I think he might be right. Riley previously talked about how this character is not an easy one to portray as his first acting gig, and he seems to be very troubled and I’m really excited to watch this episode.
Check it out:
Here’s the first teaser he shared on Instagram last year of “My Way”:
