{"id":332567,"date":"2026-05-10T22:51:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T17:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=332567"},"modified":"2026-05-10T22:51:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T17:21:52","slug":"marshals-star-reveals-if-theyre-fearful-about-onscreen-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/10\/marshals-star-reveals-if-theyre-fearful-about-onscreen-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Marshals Star Reveals If They&#8217;re Fearful About Onscreen Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>After <em>Marshals<\/em> revealed that Monica died off screen, one other <em>Yellowstone<\/em> OG addressed in the event that they are anxious about their very own character getting killed off.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gil Birmingham<\/strong> weighed in on <em>Yellowstone<\/em> fans being anxious about his character\u2019s injury within the <em>Marshals<\/em> premiere, exclusively joking to <em>Us Weekly<\/em>, \u201cI\u2019m going to be sure that they put that in my contract [that Thomas Rainwater can\u2019t get hurt].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Birmingham recalled how \u201cdramatic\u201d the reveal about Rainwater was.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt still makes me laugh when people think I got shot,\u201d he noted. \u201cI took on shrapnel from the explosion.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n<p>    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Why Did They Kill Off Yellowstone&#8217;s Monica on &#8216;Marshals&#8217;? Death Explained<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tYellowstone\u2018s spinoff Marshals killed off Kelsey Asbille\u2018s character Monica, but what was making her onscreen death? The Sunday, March 1, episode of Luke Grimes\u2018 latest CBS show revealed that Kayce Dutton\u2019s wife previously died after she got cancer consequently of poisons dumped onto the Broken Rock reservation. Amid a robust response [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Despite Rainwater surviving the accident, the moment was meant to set the scene for something larger, with Birmingham explaining, \u201cWhat we\u2019re letting the audience know is that the responsibility of Rainwater now has increased to the purpose where he\u2019s now a goal exactly where John Dutton was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cSo anybody that\u2019s going to be a hindrance when it comes to these outside forces that need to are available and utilize extract resources \u2014 be they people or minerals. That\u2019s the politics and that\u2019s the violence of the West. I\u2019m glad I survived but it surely\u2019s a brand new story line for Rainwater.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actor was interested by seeing how showrunner <strong>Spencer Hudnut<\/strong> evolved the stories introduced in <em>Yellowstone<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.7%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large credit-added wp-image-4271445\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TCDYELL_D9068.jpg?w=1000&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all\" alt=\"YELLOWSTONE\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TCDYELL_D9068.jpg?w=100&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TCDYELL_D9068.jpg?w=200&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TCDYELL_D9068.jpg?w=300&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TCDYELL_D9068.jpg?w=400&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TCDYELL_D9068.jpg?w=500&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TCDYELL_D9068.jpg?w=600&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TCDYELL_D9068.jpg?w=700&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TCDYELL_D9068.jpg?w=800&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TCDYELL_D9068.jpg?w=900&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TCDYELL_D9068.jpg?w=1000&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TCDYELL_D9068.jpg?w=1200&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TCDYELL_D9068.jpg?w=1400&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 1400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TCDYELL_D9068.jpg?w=1600&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TCDYELL_D9068.jpg?w=1800&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TCDYELL_D9068.jpg?w=1920&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 1920w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TCDYELL_D9068.jpg?w=2400&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 2400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Emerson Miller \/ \u00a9Paramount Network\/Paramount Global \/ Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSpencer is entering \u2014 when it comes to the Native communities \u2014 as not quite as aware of it as Taylor [Sheridan] was. He didn\u2019t survive the reservation with the Native community when he was younger like Taylor did. So kudos to him,\u201d Birmingham said. \u201cIt\u2019s a practical portrayal too. There may be a lost and there\u2019s plenty of grief on our reservation and a few of this stuff are very much tied into toxins which might be being allowed to be dumped on to the reservation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Birmingham recalled being \u201ccrushed\u201d when he discovered that Monica was dead within the spinoff, adding, \u201cAt the identical time, this stuff really hit you in the guts they usually\u2019re real things in real life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paramount Network\u2019s <em>Yellowstone<\/em>, which aired from 2018 to 2024, introduced Us to Kayce (<strong>Luke Grimes<\/strong>) and Monica (<strong>Kelsey Asbille<\/strong>), who remained at the middle of the show until the finale. After teaching at an area school on the Broken Rock Indian Reservation, Monica went on to turn into a professor at Montana State University while navigating life with Kayce, who moved them back to the Yellowstone Ranch following his past tension with dad John (<strong>Kevin Costner<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>Following John\u2019s death, Kayce, a former U.S. Navy SEAL, became the brand new owner and operator of the Yellowstone Ranch. Kayce and Monica ended the show alive \u2014 and were still together \u2014 before <em>Marshals<\/em> began.<\/p>\n<p>When the series premiered in March, fans were shocked to learn that Monica died after battling cancer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKayce really needed \u2014 not that it wouldn\u2019t have been great to have Monica back \u2014 but it surely sort of isolated him more akin to what his father was. He\u2019s a single father trying to boost his family,\u201d Birmingham said. \u201cThe sort of emotional trauma that will need to have been there for Kayce sets up not knowing what his purpose in life is. It was a terrific setup for taking place that trail of how Kayce goes to redeem himself or find purpose in his life, which very much allows the combination of Rainwater and Mo.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You will have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Birmingham also told Us about how Marshals has attempted to platform the Native community, saying, \u201cIt\u2019s a fragile balance to run because we don\u2019t need to be a show of messages. We really need to interact an audience and we wish to entertain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He concluded: \u201cBut let\u2019s use the chance to teach so it\u2019s being handled so respectfully and honorably. Mo [Brings Plenty] is the Native consultant and he really has a hand in guiding it that way. He brings in his brother Joe as well. It\u2019s necessary that we portray the importance of what traditional grievance is for us and the way we honor people who have passed on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Marshals<\/em> airs on CBS Sundays at 8 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Marshals revealed that Monica died off screen, one other Yellowstone OG addressed in the event that they are anxious about their very own character getting killed off. Gil Birmingham weighed in on Yellowstone fans being anxious about his character\u2019s injury within the Marshals premiere, exclusively joking to Us Weekly, \u201cI\u2019m going to be sure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":332568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337],"tags":[2497,46735,9199,943,795,1366,6300],"class_list":["post-332567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-death","tag-marshals","tag-onscreen","tag-reveals","tag-star","tag-theyre","tag-worried"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332567"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332570,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332567\/revisions\/332570"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}