Kevin Costner loved John Mulaney‘s funny, random tribute to his 1989 film Field of Dreams during the 96th Academy Awards ceremony so much he watched it twice.
‘I couldn’t believe that guy. Amazing! I watched it a second time,’ the 69-year-old Yellowstone star gushed to People on Sunday.
‘What a chance, because there’s always people in the Oscars trying to rush you. And he went fast. But what he said, I was very touched by it. I should talk to him because I was really impressed. He was a genius. I loved what he did.’
The 41-year-old comedian brought up the importance of Kevin’s film about an Iowa farmer transforming his corn field into a baseball diamond while presenting the Oscar for best sound on March 10.
‘You know, for years movies didn’t have sound and then they figured it out,’ John said onstage Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre.
Kevin Costner (L) loved John Mulaney’s (R) funny, random tribute to his 1989 film Field of Dreams during the 96th Academy Awards ceremony so much he watched it twice
‘What about that moment in Field of Dreams where we hear, “If you build it, he will come,” and then Costner does it. He builds a baseball field. Or I guess he doesn’t build it. He mows down corn, and then there is a field and he’s like, “I’m going to watch ghosts play baseball.” And the bank is like, “You wanna pay your mortgage?” And he’s like, “Nah, I’m gonna watch ghosts play baseball.”
‘And then he finds James Earl Jones, who wrote The Boat Rocker, which I thought was a real book deep into my 20s, and he’s like, “People will come, Ray.” He’s the only one with a financial plan. But what’s weird is Timothy Busfield pushes little Gaby Hoffmann off the bleachers and she falls down and she’s unconscious.
‘And then Burt Lancaster pats her one the back a couple of times and he’s like, “Hot dog, stuck in the throat,” and then he can’t go back in the game because I guess there’s a rule in ghost baseball that if you leave the field at any point to become an elderly ghost and do the Heimlich maneuver, you can’t return to the field.’
Mulaney concluded: ‘I love Field of Dreams. That should win best picture, though they’ll will probably go with one of this years.’
Costner previously reacted to the three-time Emmy winner’s gesture via Instastory on March 13 where he Instastoried a clip captioned: ‘Not a bad summary, @johnmulaney!’
Phil Alden Robinson’s critically-acclaimed film – based on W. P. Kinsella’s 1982 novel Shoeless Joe – received three Oscar nominations and amassed $84.4M at the box office.
And in 2021, the two-time Oscar winner threw out the first pitch during the MLB’s special neutral-site game between the Chicago White Sox and the New York Yankees at the original Dyersville, IA farm.
On March 13, John’s babymama Olivia Munn announced that she was diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer back in April 2023, and she has since undergone four surgeries including a double mastectomy which put her into medically-induced menopause.
The 69-year-old Yellowstone star gushed to People on Sunday: ‘I couldn’t believe that guy. Amazing! I watched it a second time’ (pictured April 9)
Kevin continued: ‘What a chance, because there’s always people in the Oscars trying to rush you. And he went fast. But what he said, I was very touched by it. I should talk to him because I was really impressed. He was a genius. I loved what he did’
The 41-year-old comedian brought up the importance of Costner’s film about an Iowa farmer transforming his corn field into a baseball diamond while presenting the Oscar for best sound on March 10
John said: ‘What about that moment in Field of Dreams where we hear, “If you build it, he will come,” and then Costner does it. He builds a baseball field. Or I guess he doesn’t build it. He mows down corn, and then there is a field and he’s like, “I’m going to watch ghosts play baseball.” And the bank is like, “You wanna pay your mortgage?” And he’s like, “Nah, I’m gonna watch ghosts play baseball”
Mulaney added: ‘And then he finds James Earl Jones (L), who wrote The Boat Rocker, which I thought was a real book deep into my 20s, and he’s like, “People will come, Ray.” He’s the only one with a financial plan’
The three-time Emmy winner said: ‘But what’s weird is Timothy Busfield (R) pushes little Gaby Hoffmann (2-R) off the bleachers and she falls down and she’s unconscious. And then Burt Lancaster pats her one the back a couple of times and he’s like, “Hot dog, stuck in the throat,” and then he can’t go back in the game because I guess there’s a rule in ghost baseball that if you leave the field at any point to become an elderly ghost and do the Heimlich maneuver, you can’t return to the field’
John concluded: ‘I love Field of Dreams. That should win best picture, though they’ll will probably go with one of this years’
The two-time Oscar winner previously reacted to Mulaney’s gesture via Instastory on March 13 where he Instastoried a clip captioned: ‘Not a bad summary, @johnmulaney!’
Mulaney and the 43-year-old actress co-parent their two-year-old son Malcolm Hiệp, and they began dating in February 2021 – a year before he finalized his divorce from artist Anna Marie Tendler.
‘I’m so thankful to John for the nights he spent researching what every operation and medication meant and what side effects and recovery I could expect,’ Olivia wrote on Instagram.
‘For being there before I went into each surgery and being there when I woke up, always placing framed photos of our little boy Malcolm so it would be the first thing I saw when I opened my eyes.’
The Chicago-born funnyman – who did a 2020 rehab stint for cocaine and alcohol addiction – commented on her post: ‘Thank you for fighting so hard to be here for us. Malc and I adore you!’
John will next be featured in the stand-alone special My Next Guest with David Letterman and John Mulaney, which premieres April 30 on Netflix.
Mulaney will then host his very own six-part comedy series John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in LA, which premieres May 3 7pm PT with additional episodes streaming May 6-10 at 7pm PT on Netflix.
Kevin produced, wrote, directed, and stars in Horizon: An American Saga, a $200M-budget two-part western set before and after the Civil War, which hits US theaters June 28 and August 16.
Horizon also features Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Jena Malone, Michael Rooker, Danny Huston, Luke Wilson, and Jamie Campbell Bower.
Phil Alden Robinson’s critically-acclaimed film – based on W. P. Kinsella’s 1982 novel Shoeless Joe – received three Oscar nominations and amassed $84.4M at the box office
And in 2021, Kevin threw out the first pitch during the MLB’s special neutral-site game between the Chicago White Sox and the New York Yankees at the original Dyersville, IA farm
On March 13, John’s babymama Olivia Munn announced that she was diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer back in April 2023, and she has since undergone four surgeries including a double mastectomy which put her into medically-induced menopause
The Chicago-born funnyman and the 43-year-old actress co-parent their two-year-old son Malcolm Hiệp (M, pictured November 28), and they began dating in February 2021 – a year before he finalized his divorce from artist Anna Marie Tendler
John will next be featured in the stand-alone special My Next Guest with David Letterman and John Mulaney, which premieres April 30 on Netflix
Mulaney will then host his very own six-part comedy series John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in LA, which premieres May 3 7pm PT with additional episodes streaming May 6-10 at 7pm PT on Netflix
Costner produced, wrote, directed, and stars in Horizon: An American Saga, a $200M-budget two-part western set before and after the Civil War, which hits US theaters June 28 and August 16
The Modern West frontman finalized his divorce from second wife Christine Baumgartner on February 16 after 18 years of marriage, and he’s been canoodling with four-time Grammy-nominated singer Jewel (L, pictured in November) since November
Costner concludes his Golden Globe-winning role as John Dutton III in the second part of the fifth (and final) season of Taylor Sheridan and John Linson’s western Yellowstone, which premieres November 10 on the Paramount Network.
The Modern West frontman’s Montana rancher character is rumored to be killed off with a deadly recurrence of colon cancer, which afflicted him during the first season.
Kevin finalized his divorce from second wife Christine Baumgartner on February 16 after 18 years of marriage, and he’s been canoodling with four-time Grammy-nominated singer Jewel since November.
