Kevin Costner finds his bandmates roles in his movie
Kevin Costner’s bandmates in rock band Modern West learned that having a movie star as a frontman has added benefits, after he landed them roles in his new film.
The actor helped fund new movie Swing Vote and so had no problem casting his band in the picture.
He says, “It was not originally scripted to have my band in the film but the guys all worked for scale and they were cheap, and they didn’t give you any lip or talk about how big their trailer was. It was great for me – I suddenly had the band right where I wanted them doing what I wanted, and they’re my friends. When you’re on location for three months it’s nice to have friends there with you. They were only around for a week or so. They all wanted love scenes. I just told then ‘No’.”
Costner and his band perform in the film, as well as writing and recording a tune for the soundtrack.”
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