I totally understand why Los Angeles isn't everyone's groove. It took me years to fully understand its merits. It might be even worse working in Hollywood. The lifestyle seems exhausting from an outsider's perspective. However, I would not use California fatigue as an excuse to pack up and leave for... Montana. I like the great outdoors and the quiet isolation as much as the next guy but Montana seems drastic. Still, Luke Grimes fell in love with the state so much after filming Yellowstone that he lives there for good now.
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Recently, Grimes spoke with Men's Health magazine for an interview after the Yellowstone series finale. There, he candidly speaks about the show and all the drama in and outside of the show. Moreover, Luke recalls how filming in Montana sparked a real love for the state after sinking his roots in southern California. "We film in this place called Bitterroot Valley, and I actually moved there four years ago. I started falling in love with it little by little, and then I started noticing it felt weird to leave and go back to Los Angeles. It's like I slowly started switching gears. L.A. scared me to death, honestly," he admits.
Luke Grimes Shares What Inspired His Move From L.A. to Montana
Then, Luke reveals that staying in Montana during COVID sparked his shift to move away from LA for good. "The big jump happened when my wife came up there with me when we did a season during the height of COVID. The options were 'come the whole time or don't come at all.' So she came; we rented a really nice house there. And we got so into it. We built a house, and it's the best place I've ever lived," Grimes says.
Additionally, Luke uses Yellowstone to further explain the romance he feels for living in Montana. ""I know how this sounds, but I think Montana is, in some ways, the biggest character in the show. It's about the land. It's about the ranch and the scenery. And that's probably why a lot of people fell in love with the show so much," Grimes speculates. We started to get a serious audience during COVID. It was a time where everyone was locked inside, and there was something so romantic about watching a show where everyone's on horseback looking at endless, beautiful vistas."
