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actor took out a mortgage on 10 acres of his waterfront property
in California to help fund the project, which tells of the
challenges faced by settlers expanding the American West in the
late 1800s. But the financing still may not be enough.
"This has been so hard. And it's not over yet," said Costner,
who started filming on the third chapter before heading to
Cannes. "I have to find the money," he told Reuters in an
interview at the festival.
The actor even likens himself to the characters his film
portrays.
"I'm just like the people going West," Costner said. "I have to
figure this out because there's no one really going to help me,"
he said about the challenges of making the series.
He stars in, directed, produced and co-wrote the first film,
which covers a 15-year period before and after the 1861-1865
Civil War when white settlers expanded westward in the United
States, taking land from American Indians.
Costner's previous credits in Westerns include his Oscar-winning
"Dances With Wolves" in 1990 and more recently as the star of
the successful five-season TV series "Yellowstone."
The 181-minute first part of "Horizon: An American Saga",
premiering out of competition at Cannes, will be released in
North America, the UK, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands on June
28, followed by part two on Aug. 16.
(Reporting by Hanna Rantala; Writing by Miranda Murray; Editing
by Susan Fenton)
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