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invested his blood, sweat, tears — and — into . The four-part western epic is Costner's passion project, and what he's risked to bring the first film to life is not lost on his co-stars. "It didn't add extra pressure," actor Luke Wilson told Yahoo Entertainment, "but I certainly did take it into account.

When he hired me, he did tell me that he was putting his own money into it. He told me that he had this piece of land in Santa Barbara and he was putting that on the line, which to me, I just think that's unbelievably cool." Costner, who funded the movie alongside two mystery investors, has openly discussed how he mortgaged his sprawling 10-acre beachfront home in Montecito, Calif.



, that's worth more than $100 million. The Oscar-winning actor, who also directed and wrote the saga, previously told Yahoo that while he "never thought" he'd acquire such nice things, money can't "keep me from my dream. I can't be a slave to this other stuff I have.

" Wilson said he's moved by Costner's passion. "In hearing him these past few weeks talk about it, he talks about people just trying to make their pile of money in life bigger and bigger, and he says he just wants to push it all in on telling a story that he cares about," the star explained. "It all comes from the top, and all we all wanted to do was just to do a good job [for] him because there's so much going on.

When he hired each one of us, he said, 'And I'll need your help too.' That's something I've never heard from a director,.

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