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Ed Harris — who famously endured the torturous making of James Cameron’s The Abyss — said he wanted to escape Taylor Sheridan‘s Dutton Ranch.

The 75-year-old actor is speaking out about his time on the Paramount+ hit, where he is billed as one of the show’s main characters. In the Yellowstone spinoff, he plays Everett McKinney, ally to Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler, played by Yellowstone alum and Dutton Ranch stars/EPs Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser, respectively.

Harris told Variety that he felt “misled” about the extent of his first season role.

“Midway through the first season, I was ready to say, ‘get me the fuck out of here,’ to tell you the truth,” Harris said on the red carpet for Apple TV’s The Dink. “I didn’t feel I was being used. I felt very misled. Prior to signing on for it, I was talked to quite a bit about what the season was, and what my character was going to do, and that I was one of the four main characters. And that wasn’t really the case.”