26-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Daily Star
Yellowstone fans are just realising Beth Dutton star is in much-loved Guy Ritchie film
Yellowstone fans are keen to see more of Kelly Reilly after the Western melodrama came to an end with season five. The Beth Dutton actress, who is from the UK, started her career in the series Prime Suspect.
She had contacted the show's producers to as for work and at the time, the series starred 1923 actress Helen Mirren. Her first lead role came in 2008 in the horror film Eden Lake and the following year, she would star in another major film - Sherlock Holmes.
The mystery action film features Robert Downey Jr as the title character, with Jude Law as Dr. John Watson, Holmes' companion. The film was directed by Guy Ritchie and it saw Robert Downey Jr win Best Actor at the Golden Globe Awards.
The Yellowstone actress played Mary Morstan, a governess whom Watson wanted to marry, which caused a conflict with Holmes.
Speaking to The Independent about her time filming Sherlock, she said: "There was such great banter and respect."
"I was literally on it a week, spread out over a month, so it's not like I got my feet under and realised what the set was really like. Most of the time I was just like..." [she freezes in fear] "telling myself, 'Don't mess up!'."
Kelly Reilly is known for her Yellowstone role
(Image: Dimitrios Kambouris, Getty Images)
Reilly did not have to audition for the role and did not know what to expect when it came to Ritchie's work.
"The two women's roles are not exactly ones you would break your heart over trying to get," she admitted.
"Unless you want to work with Robert Downey Jr and just do a cracking good scene with him, which is enough for me, thanks very much! And it was worth it.
"But as far as a female role that I want to attack and play and go very deeply into, I don't think that's the film I'm gonna find it on."
Kelly Reilly as Mary Morstan and Jude Law as Dr. John Watson in Sherlock Holmes
claimed the film "wouldn't have worked without Kelly Reilly" as they describe her as "the anchor".
"She's the only character who receives development horizontally, and she's the only person viewers can relate to," the publication said.
"Reilly's Mary is the only realistic character in the entire two films. There's nothing flashy or overly dramatic about her."
Mary transpires to be a solid female addition to Holmes' operation and they would not have been able to nail Professor James Moriarty (Jared Harris) without her.
Yellowstone is available on Paramount Plus. Sherlock Holmes is streaming on Amazon Prime Video
