Peter Berg

And he developed a relationship with the Native Americans out there. And it was just a really formative movie for me as a kid. My parents took me and I always wanted to do something like that. And Mark L. Smith, who's a friend of mine who wrote The Revenant and I were talking and I'm like, what if we did something in this world? And my goal was I wanted to go out into the elements.

And he developed a relationship with the Native Americans out there. And it was just a really formative movie for me as a kid. My parents took me and I always wanted to do something like that. And Mark L. Smith, who's a friend of mine who wrote The Revenant and I were talking and I'm like, what if we did something in this world? And my goal was I wanted to go out into the elements.

And he developed a relationship with the Native Americans out there. And it was just a really formative movie for me as a kid. My parents took me and I always wanted to do something like that. And Mark L. Smith, who's a friend of mine who wrote The Revenant and I were talking and I'm like, what if we did something in this world? And my goal was I wanted to go out into the elements.

I didn't want to shoot in sound stages. I wanted to challenge. So we ended up with this six-part series that's about a very violent period in American history in 1857, where the Mormons were just starting to have an army, and Brigham Young was very violent, and they were trying to hold out in Utah. The army was coming after them. Multiple Native American tribes were fighting.

I didn't want to shoot in sound stages. I wanted to challenge. So we ended up with this six-part series that's about a very violent period in American history in 1857, where the Mormons were just starting to have an army, and Brigham Young was very violent, and they were trying to hold out in Utah. The army was coming after them. Multiple Native American tribes were fighting.

I didn't want to shoot in sound stages. I wanted to challenge. So we ended up with this six-part series that's about a very violent period in American history in 1857, where the Mormons were just starting to have an army, and Brigham Young was very violent, and they were trying to hold out in Utah. The army was coming after them. Multiple Native American tribes were fighting.

And I thought this would be a really interesting environment to set a story. It was a very, very violent time in a very violent history, which is American history, in a very violent global history, which is planet Earth. And we wanted to explore man's innate desire and inability to not kill each other.

And I thought this would be a really interesting environment to set a story. It was a very, very violent time in a very violent history, which is American history, in a very violent global history, which is planet Earth. And we wanted to explore man's innate desire and inability to not kill each other.

And I thought this would be a really interesting environment to set a story. It was a very, very violent time in a very violent history, which is American history, in a very violent global history, which is planet Earth. And we wanted to explore man's innate desire and inability to not kill each other.

And we thought that that was just something, living in this world today where obviously violence is on the rise, and Will, it might not all be sugar that got you anxious, like these are rough times, you know? And this is something we wanted to explore.

And we thought that that was just something, living in this world today where obviously violence is on the rise, and Will, it might not all be sugar that got you anxious, like these are rough times, you know? And this is something we wanted to explore.

And we thought that that was just something, living in this world today where obviously violence is on the rise, and Will, it might not all be sugar that got you anxious, like these are rough times, you know? And this is something we wanted to explore.

And I think one of the biggest takeaways for me, and this isn't necessarily the sexiest takeaway, but learning about Brigham Young and the history of the Mormon church and how persecuted they were, and they were run out of New York, and then they were run out of Georgia, and Joseph Smith, the leader, took them up to Illinois to try and create this Nauvoo, this place where they could live, and Joseph Smith was killed, and Brigham Young fled across the country on foot with 2,000 of his followers,

And I think one of the biggest takeaways for me, and this isn't necessarily the sexiest takeaway, but learning about Brigham Young and the history of the Mormon church and how persecuted they were, and they were run out of New York, and then they were run out of Georgia, and Joseph Smith, the leader, took them up to Illinois to try and create this Nauvoo, this place where they could live, and Joseph Smith was killed, and Brigham Young fled across the country on foot with 2,000 of his followers,

And I think one of the biggest takeaways for me, and this isn't necessarily the sexiest takeaway, but learning about Brigham Young and the history of the Mormon church and how persecuted they were, and they were run out of New York, and then they were run out of Georgia, and Joseph Smith, the leader, took them up to Illinois to try and create this Nauvoo, this place where they could live, and Joseph Smith was killed, and Brigham Young fled across the country on foot with 2,000 of his followers,

and ended up in what was a godforsaken land, Salt Lake City at the time. And he said, well, we'll stay here. This is the place. No one will ever come for us here. And he started growing the religion, and the U.S. military started coming for him. And the Mormons were a very cunning and at times violent organization.

and ended up in what was a godforsaken land, Salt Lake City at the time. And he said, well, we'll stay here. This is the place. No one will ever come for us here. And he started growing the religion, and the U.S. military started coming for him. And the Mormons were a very cunning and at times violent organization.

and ended up in what was a godforsaken land, Salt Lake City at the time. And he said, well, we'll stay here. This is the place. No one will ever come for us here. And he started growing the religion, and the U.S. military started coming for him. And the Mormons were a very cunning and at times violent organization.

And one of the things I'm very happy with is actor Kim Coates, who plays Brigham Young. He was in Sons of Anarchy and thought I was – Joking when I cast him as Brigham Young. Just a great actor. And learning about that aspect of it was something that, for me, was just really personally quite interesting. And getting to know the great Betty Gilpin, who does such a good job in our show.

And one of the things I'm very happy with is actor Kim Coates, who plays Brigham Young. He was in Sons of Anarchy and thought I was – Joking when I cast him as Brigham Young. Just a great actor. And learning about that aspect of it was something that, for me, was just really personally quite interesting. And getting to know the great Betty Gilpin, who does such a good job in our show.