Taylor Sheridan has quite the list of television shows to his name – ranging from Yellowstone to Tulsa King. The creator-cum-writer has been going all out with his projects. It wouldn’t be an overstatement to say that he’s giving it everything he’s got.
After all, you don’t often come across people with the drive that Sheridan has for his work. That is what makes him the success that he is. And there seems to be good motivation behind his unbelievable work ethic – the memory of his worst times.
Taylor Sheridan lost his childhood home back when he was young
For everything that has gone Taylor Sheridan‘s way, there was a dark chapter in his life. Long before Sheridan decided to make the switch to screenwriting and long before he made it big with his slew of television shows, he was broke.
Back when he was young, the Sheridan household would be rocked by a major hurdle – divorce. His parents had decided to call it quits, and they went ahead with the decision in 1991. The result?
Sheridan, who then lived with his mother, went broke. The household had no other option but to sell the writer’s childhood home, the Four Sixes Ranch. And Sheridan had a hard time coping with the decision.
Years down the line, when things finally improved, he revealed that the event was too hard for him at the time. He said,
I had no money. I fished every fucking fish out of the pond. I shot every deer I could fucking shoot until I was literally… I had nothing. (Rolling Stone)
He would man the door with a shotgun in the hopes that he would be able to save his home.
How life came full circle for Taylor Sheridan
Sadly, he wouldn’t have his way back then. But things have surely taken a turn for the better ever since. Of all the decisions that have helped Taylor Sheridan along the way, the one to switch to TV shows has been the most consequential.
Making Yellowstone has to be at the top of his list as well. The Kevin Costner starrer, which came to an end only last year, is arguably the creator’s magnum opus. No wonder that has prompted him to create an entire universe revolving around the plotline.
The series got unreal love, not only from the fans but from critics as well, who showered an improved rating on the series with each season (the final season received an 84% approval rating).
In what could be called a life comes full circle moment, the series’s success prompted him to go all out and repurchase the ranch for $342 million. His dreams did come true. As he said,
I left, and never thought I’d go back. But then you realize the ghosts weren’t there. The ghosts are wherever you are.
Seems like Sheridan managed to exorcise his ghosts in the end.
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