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“It Was A Whirlwind”: Riley Green Reveals ‘Marshals’ Acting Role Came About While Helping Luke Grimes Start His Music Career
You can thank Luke Grimes for Riley Green’s acting debut.
Over the past two years, Riley Green has cemented himself as a certified star on all fronts. From a pure music perspective, he’s grabbed three straight #1s with the likes of his appearance on Ella Langley’s “you look like you love me,” his second collaboration with the fellow Alabama native, “Don’t Mind If I Do” and his steamy ballad, “Worst Way.” Though he may not be at a Morgan Wallen or Zach Bryan level of fame at the moment, there’s no doubt Green has quickly become one of the biggest stars in country music lately. With that being said, however, it seems as if he’s not just limiting himself to music in the future.
In case you missed it, the “Different Round Here” singer turned heads last month after fans spotted him in the first trailer for Taylor Sheridan’s brand-new Yellowstone spin-off series, Marshals, which made its series premiere this Sunday and saw the highest ratings for a broadcast scripted series premiere since 2018. In other words, Marshals is looking to be another huge smash for Sheridan, and Green is going to be along for the ride.
Though it was speculated at first that Green may have only been making a cameo appearance in the show, given that he was simply playing his guitar around a fire in the trailer, it’s since been confirmed that he will officially be making his acting debut later in the season.
Though he didn’t appear in the first episode this past Sunday, Variety would report that he will appear in multiple episodes and will play former Navy SEAL Garrett, who arrives at the ranch, unexpectedly, hoping to lean on his friends Kayce Dutton (Luke Grimes) and Cal (Logan Marshall-Green) to help “put the demons of his past to rest.”
Given the fact that Green had already been talking about a potential acting career last year, it seemed as if it was bound to happen eventually. With that being said, however, it was actually lead actor of Marshals and fellow country musician Grimes who helped the “Worst Way” singer secure the gig on the show.
In a recent interview with The Tennessean, Green would reveal that Grimes, who was seeking advice to help kickstart his budding music career, tossed around the idea casually in a conversation.
“I have talked about doing acting for a while, and I got to be good friends with Luke Grimes. As he was coming to town and starting his music career, I was trying to help him out. And it just kind of came up.”
What started off as a casual conversation quickly developed into a real opportunity for Green. As he explained, Grimes recommended that he audition for the Garrett character. This prompted the Alabama native to fly out on a Saturday, and by Sunday, he had officially secured the role.
“He reached out about a character that I could play and told me to come out and read for it. So I flew to Utah on a Saturday. They called me on Sunday and said, ‘Can you be here Monday for wardrobe?’
Given the fact that the 37-year-old singer/songwriter was knee-deep in his Damn Country Music Tour at the time of shooting, it made things difficult. In between shows back in November at Grand Rapids, St. Louis, Kansas City and Toledo, Green would carve out four days to fly out to Salt Lake City to film the entirety of his scenes
“It was a whirlwind.”
Later in the interview with The Tennessean, Green would reveal some advice that Grimes gave him to start his acting career, noting how Grimes advised him to focus more on reacting to other actors in the scene rather than focusing on memorizing every single word of the script.
“His advice was you don’t have to learn all of the lines exactly, just know what the conversation’s about. Don’t worry so much about what to say, worry more about reacting to what the other actors and actresses say.
The “Change My Mind” singer would offer up a bit of a sneak preview for his character, Garrett. First, he would describe him as a “really, really troubled guy that’s been through a lot.” More excitingly for fans of the series, he’d reveal that the scene in the trailer with him sitting around a campfire with a guitar was no coincidence and teased that he will be singing a bit on the show.
“I don’t think it was a coincidence that Garrett plays the guitar a little bit. I get to do a little bit of that on the show.”
Finally, Green would once again hint at more acting roles, essentially saying that his time on Marshals really gave him the spark to pursue it more in the future.
“It definitely is giving me the acting bug,” he said. “You can’t really dip a toe into this. You got to go full speed ahead.”
Episode two of Marshals, “Zone of Death,” will air this Sunday, March 8th, at 8:00 p.m. EST on CBS and Paramount+.
Riley Green Tour Dates
April 16th, 2026 – Southaven, MS – Landers Center#~$
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June 19th, 2026 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center#~•
June 20th, 2026 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell at Jones Beach Theater#~•
June 25th, 2026 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center#$*
June 26th, 2026 – Burgettstown, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake#$*
July 16th, 2026 – Green Bay, WI – Resch Center#~•
July 23rd, 2026 – Salt Lake City, UT – Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre#~•
August 6th, 2026 – Darien Center, NY – Darien Lake Amphitheater#/•
August 7th, 2026 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH – Blossom Music Center#/•
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August 13th, 2026 – Camden, NJ – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion#/•
August 14th, 2026 – Hartford, CT – The XFINITY Theatre#/•
August 15th, 2026 – Bangor, ME – Maine Savings Amphitheatre#/•
August 21st, 2026 – Sioux Falls, SD – Denny Sanford#$*^
August 22nd, 2026 – Grand Forks, ND – Ralph Engelstad Arena#$*^
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