Reilly may be a "Yellowstone" veteran, but Bening's career stretches right back to the '80s. She's also racked up a whopping five Oscar nominations for her work, which is a big accolade. Speaking to The Upcoming about what it's like to call the movie star a co-star, Reilly didn't hold back how excited she was to work with the legend for the first time.
"I mean, Annette Bening, she's always been one of my actresses that I have looked up to and admired for years, and I was really nervous about meeting her," Reilly admitted. It was a similar sentiment to the one she'd shared in a joint interview with Bening for Decider. Speaking of both Bening and Ed Harris joining the "Yellowstone" spinoff, Reilly gushed, "You guys are legends and masters at what [you] do." Reilly also pointed out that by having Bening join the series, it felt as though the entire cast was "legit." "It was elevated immediately by just having her with us," the star said.
As for those nerves (which Reilly also told Cinema Blend about, confessing that she had to "have a word with myself" to calm down), it seems that was unnecessary. "She's so sweet and generous and up for discussing things," she told The Upcoming of the first time she and Bening ran lines together. That's not to say any of the excitement wore off once they'd rehearsed together. Reilly went on to gush that when they actually started shooting their first scene together, "It was sort of quite electrifying." Whoever said you shouldn't meet your heroes, hush!
Annette Bening has been just as complimentary of Kelly Reilly
Kelly Reilly pictured in New York City wearing sunglasses and a black outfit. - Raymond Hall/Getty Images
If having Annette Bening join the cast of "Dutton Ranch" felt legitimizing for Kelly Reilly, something tells us the movie star's opinion of her work as an actor had her doing a happy dance. Obviously, that's pure speculation on our part, but we wouldn't rule it out, what with Bening going as far as telling Entertainment Tonight, "I was a big fan of 'Yellowstone' and Kelly Reilly, who I worship as an actress, and now I know her as a person and she's amazing." If Reilly didn't flip out over that, we'll do so on her behalf.
Interestingly, it seems Reilly wasn't the only one going into meeting her new co-star a bundle of nerves. On the contrary, in their interview with Cinema Blend, Bening revealed, "I, of course, had seen 'Yellowstone' and I was so captivated by what Kelly was doing as an actress. So I was nervous." Among the things Bening was so captivated by was Reilly's voice and accent for "Yellowstone," which some may know is vastly different from how she sounds in real life. In addition to being English, Reilly's natural voice is also less husky, and speaking to People, Bening didn't hold back on how impressed she'd been by that. "I didn't even know she was English. When I heard that, I'm like, 'Wait, on top of everything else — she's English? That's incredible," she gushed.
With time, Bening and Reilly have likely become less starstruck over one another, but it certainly seems as though the admiration is still there, and "Dutton Ranch" is only the better for it. As Bening told People, "You're really only as good as who you're acting with." And those are the words of a five-time Oscar nominee! Talk about a class act.
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