Jan 13, 2025 · “Brigham Young and the Mormons feel as though the military is about to attack them at any point in time, so they’ve started their own army called the Nauvoo Legion,” he explained. “The American Army is concerned with getting the Mormons out of Utah territory, so they’re nervous that they’re going to die fighting the Mormons.

Jan 15, 2025 · Brigham Young is at the forefront of Netflix's American Primeval historical war, but the TV character was based on a real man. In the series, Young (played by Kim Coates) is portrayed as a mainly evil presence, serving as the primary antagonist of …

Jan 10, 2025 · Six dark-toned episodes of American Primeval, an expensive-looking Western created by Mark L. Smith, the screenwriter for the Oscar-winning film The Revenant, are now sitting in the No. 1 TV spot...

Jan 12, 2025 · Brigham Young is a prominent historical figure and a featured antagonist in Netflix's epic period Western series American Primeval.

Jan 13, 2025 · Brigham Young is the primary antagonist/villain in Netflix's western American Primeval, and he's played by actor Kim Coates. Here's what else you need to know.

Jan 9, 2025 · Netflix is releasing a new six-episode series of fictionalized history on Thursday morning that includes Brigham Young and uses the Mountain Meadows Massacre as what the streamer calls “the inciting event that connects” the cast of “American Primeval.” The series is largely fiction, according to the New York Times, but it is centered around real events during …

5 days ago · Brigham Young, the Utah-based faith complains, is “egregiously mischaracterized as a villainous, violent fanatic.” ... • How does the Netflix Brigham Young hold up to the real LDS prophet?

Jan 7, 2025 · (Netflix) Kim Coates, at right, plays Brigham Young, in the Netflix limited series "American Primeval," set in the West in 1857. The series' first episode includes an account of the Mountain ...

Oct 29, 2024 · Coates immersed himself in research, reading two biographies on Young — Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet and The Prophet and the Reformer: The Letters of Brigham Young and Thomas L. Kane — as well as The Twenty-Seventh Wife, the story of Young’s wife who divorced him.

Jan 8, 2025 · Directed by Peter Berg, the gritty Netflix series presents a realistic depiction of life in 1850s America. Game Rant recently caught up with Kim Coates, the actor who portrays real-life Mormon...