Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly say the overwhelming success of Netflix’s western romance Rescue cannon It caught even its stars off guard, and Kelly credited the show’s old-fashioned, cowboy-flavored escapism for its appeal in an increasingly chaotic news cycle.
The series, created by April Blair and based on the novels by Jodi Thomas, follows Duhamel’s Staten Kirkland, a widowed rancher fighting to protect his family’s Double K ranch, and Kelly’s Quinn O’Grady, a concert pianist who returns to Texas after years away in New York.
When the show unexpectedly jumped to the top of Netflix’s rankings after its debut, Kelly admits she was suspicious of the numbers at first.
“When it was the number one streaming show, I thought, ‘Netflix is putting us at number one to push us and get people to watch us? Are we really that?'” he said. yahoo.
Kelly believes the show’s appeal lies in offering viewers a gentler alternative to an often overwhelming news cycle.
“Life is really hard and complicated, and there are a lot of really scary things happening,” he said.
“There’s something about escaping into the kind of simplicity and
“The innocence of returning to the simple things that really matter, which are home, relationships and family.”
The show arrives amid a broader cultural wave of Western influence that extends far beyond television and into music and fashion.
Rescue cannonThe ensemble has also attracted attention for reasons beyond the writing, with its cast of leading men, including Eoin Macken, Jack Schumacher, Garrett Wareing and Andrew Liner, generating plenty of buzz online.
Series creator April Blair described Duhamel’s Staten as “the wounded, grizzled cowboy who’s not always necessarily in touch with his emotions,” adding that the actor “brings warmth and a sense of humor…there’s always a little Tad Hamilton in there somewhere.”
second season of Rescue cannonwhich begins six months after Quinn leaves for New York, is now streaming on Netflix.
