Cowboys & Indians: You don’t have many westerns on your résumé—excepting The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, of course. But you certainly look at ease on your horse in Old Henry.
My first big job was actually on a western. It was the Larry McMurtry prequel called . And I was on that for three and a half months, day in and day out, because it was an ensemble piece. So, I rode a lot for that miniseries. And then I that involved some horse work. And then, of course, and But also, I grew up in Oklahoma. So, I rode horses a little bit growing up. And my wife’s family used to have horses. And I would ride with my father-in-law up there. And then whenever I do a movie that involves horses, I get to location about two or three weeks early and tune up every day.