After seven years,Timothy Olyphantis back as U.S.
Marshal Raylan Givens for a new season ofJustified.
“You’re not going to recognize anyone the world, the relationships,” Olyphant tells EW.
Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens, Norbert Leo Butz as Norbert Bryl, Victor Williams as Wendell Robinson, and Marin Ireland as Maureen Downey in ‘Justified: City Primeval’.Chuck Hodes/FX
“I just don’t think you’re going to see what’s coming.
“It’s kind of a gem in Elmore Leonard’s collection.
This is kind of the granddaddy for Raylan’s character, in a way,” Dinner says.
Vivian Olyphant as Willa Givens and Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens in ‘Justified: City Primeval’.Chuck Hodes/FX
A lot has changed sinceJustifiedfans last saw Raylan, however.
“He’s older.
“He’s older and wiser, but he’s still got it,” Dinner explains.
Adelaide Clemens as Sandy and Boyd Holbrook as Clement Mansell in ‘Justified: City Primeval’.Chuck Hodes/FX
The road in front of this guy is a lot shorter than the road behind.
This is Act 2 of his life, and it’s an existential story.”
And he still loves the chase,” he says.
Boyd Holbrook as Clement Mansell and Aunjanue Ellis as Carolyn in ‘Justified: City Primeval’.Chuck Hodes/FX
How much longer are you going to keep getting away with this?'
For Raylan, that means finally figuring out how to be a father to his daughter Willa.
“His parenting is not one of his strong suits,” Timothy says.
Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens in ‘Justified: City Primeval’.Chuck Hodes/FX
But I’d like to think I have a slight edge.
That gets tough."
But Timothy still had some reservations about having his daughter join the series.
But as soon as she got the job, I was concerned we’d all made a terrible mistake.
But quite honestly, it was wonderful, better than I could have expected.
I loved working with her."
“My dad never really wanted us to watch the stuff that he was in,” she says.
I remember the ice cream!"
Both showrunners reveal Timothy didn’t use his power to help Vivian land the role.
In fact, he was hesitant to even tell them about Vivian’s intention to audition.
“Tim was even tentative about bringing it up; he felt weird about it,” Dinner says.
“Viv just felt so kind of raw and real,” Andron explains.
She’s a chip off the old block to a certain extent."
“I don’t think anyone was a fan of the idea when it first came up.
I think everybody thought, ‘Oh, Jesus.’
But she made quite an impression.”
And she made sure everyone knew it, too.
One day on set, she started a popularity contest between her and her father.
Vivian says with a laugh.
“And then there was Team Viv and Team Tim.
I ended up winning it was nine to one.”
“Well, we went and got another Boyd, so that helped us,” Timothy says.
“I love that dude.
It’s definitely a different vibe.”
“Walton Goggins is one of my favorite actors to watch,” Holbrook tells EW.
“It is totally not what I expected.
Tim does a great job keeping everything real and legit.
“Boyd Crowder kind of supported Raylan, really; they needed each other,” Holbrook says.
“But these guys, Raylan and Clement, they’re trying to get away from each other.
Clement is kind of a walking calamity, way in over his head.
He’s a thief, but not really a great thief.
This guy sucks the life out of every moment as if it’s going to be his last.
He’s really unstoppable in his own way.
He also thinks he’s such hot s—.
His ego is just out of control.
He’s a sociopath.
There are no F’s given with him.”
And that’s what makes him even more formidable than Boyd ever was.
“This character is one of the best bad guys Elmore ever created,” Dinner says.
“He’s just a really dangerous, cool, bad motherf—er.
Now, Boyd was those things too, but Boyd and Raylan were cut from the same cloth.
Clement, he’s really unpredictable.”
Raising the stakes through the villain was very important to the showrunners.
“This is a limited [series] and Raylan could very well not make it out of this.
Every season we ended the show with ‘You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive,’ but then he does.
But I think, at this point, all bets are off.”
“We wanted to stay true to that,” he says.
Raylan’s made it this far, but will he survive this?
He very well might not.”
Justified: City Primevalis slated to premiere this July on FX.
