Lawmen: Bass Reeves Director Damian Marcano Reveals the Way Taylor Sheridan Adds to Each Script

The next series from executive producer Taylor Sheridan, created by Chad Feehan, is Paramount+’s historical drama Lawmen: Bass Reeves. The show stars Emmy Award-nominee David Oyelowo, who also serves as an EP, as the historical figure Bass Reeves in the eight-episode anthology series based on the man who was allegedly the inspiration behind the Lone Ranger. Reeves was a man who was born into slavery, who escaped the Civil War, lived among the Native Americans learning their languages and skills, and went on to become one of the first Black deputy Marshals in 1875 despite racial injustices.

For fans of Sheridan’s Yellowstone or 1923, Lawmen: Bass Reeves is another researched period piece that boasts stellar talent, like Oyelowo, Donald Sutherland, Dennis Quaid, and Lauren E. Banks and sets built against real backdrops depicting the harsh living conditions of the West in the 1800s. The show highlights Reeves’ legendary triumphs in his time spent as a Marshal, having apprehended over 3,000 criminals, all while experiencing not only the hardships of the time but of the prejudices against him as a Black man with a badge.

In an interview with Collider’s Steve Weintraub, Damian Marcano (Chee$e), the director for Episodes 4, 5, and 6, details the challenges the cast and crew faced filming Bass Reeves in Texas to capture the Oklahoma territories Reeves patrolled. He discusses why it took five-and-a-half months to shoot three episodes, what Oyelowo brought to the character, the shorthand they developed on set, being “knighted” an unofficial U.S. Marshal, and how Sheridan pinpoints the “human element in each script.”

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