Yellowstone's Kayce Dutton nearly had a long-lost BROTHER - and star was slated to play him

Yellowstone is famously set to end with season 5 beginning in late 2024.

And now it has been revealed that the cast was potentially going to add a bit more star power before it met its conclusion.

In fact the role was no doubt going to be a great one as it was supposedly going to be the 'long-lost brother' of Luke Grimes'  character Kayce Dutton.

Not only would the role have been massive in the Yellowstone universe but it was to be played by a big star in country music.

Cory Asbury revealed that he was slated to play the sibling of Kayce in a potential sixth season of the CBS series.

However this came before news broke that season five would be the last after leading man Kevin Costner's departure. 

Cory, 38, told Taste Of Country during an Instagram Live Q&A with podcast host Adison Haager: 'I was fired up about it and so bummed when it was canceled, so bummed.'

The Goodness Of God hitmaker even had plans to relocate his family - wife Anna and their children Gabriel, Lily, River, and Willow-Grace - to Montana for a year in order for him to film.

He explained: 'We were gonna move to Montana for a full year. We were ready, our family was ready.'

Cory said that his spouse 'gave me the okay and our kids were like, "okay, cool, we'll go live in Montana."

'Because they were like, ‘Yeah, it’ll take a full year of your life, you’ll have to cancel all your shows,’ and I was like, yeah, alright, cool. Sounds good.'

Asbury revealed that he never got to meet the actor who whole play his brother nor the show's creator Taylor Sheridan and/or leading man Costner.

He did say that the casting director had told him that he and Sheridan had both looked at Asbury's social media and thought he was 'really cool' and a good fit for the role.

The Christian country crooner also said that he was told that he was asked not to share any information about the potential character 'but  then it canceled and I was like, "Screw this, I’m talking about it."'

Asbury  once again expressed his disappointment with not being able to appear on the hit show as he added: 'It's just sad. It's a sad reality.'

The It Is Well singer began his career in 2005 as he has had a successful career as he has released three studio albums along with one on the way tentatively called Pioneer.

In 2019 he was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song for Reckless Love. 

Music is not the only way he represents his Christian faith as he is also an associate worship pastor at the New Life Church where he is also a member of its ensembles Desperation band and New Life Worship. 

Meanwhile, the character of Kayce is the son of Costner's protagonist character John Dutton and wife Evelyn Dutton who is played by Gretchen Mol.

Earlier this month it was announced that the  final episodes of Yellowstone have a date.

The last episodes of the highly-popular CBS series starring Costner are set to air in November 2024 it was announced by Paramount on Thursday November 2.

That news came just months after it was reported that the 68-year-old leading man would be exiting the series in the first half of season 5.

Diehard Yellowstone fans did get some good news, however, as Paramount has greenlit two new spinoff series.

One will be named 1944 and the other is a contemporary series which is currently titled 2024. 

There are already two spinoff series in the Yellowstone universe which are highly-popular titled 1883 and 1923. 

American filmmaker and actor Taylor Sheridan is the mastermind of the franchise and spinoffs as Yellowstone first premiered in 2018 with Costner in the starring role of John Dutton.