How was it playing opposite William Hurt?
KEVIN COSTNER: It was fun. I mean, I’ve known William because of The Big Chill, and we both are rehearsal-oriented actors, and writer-driven actors. So it fit into our game really nicely. Wild About Movies: Was Marshall based on somebody? KEVIN COSTNER: Yes. Marshall was based on a…I found Marshall when I was 12 years old in a book of children’s dreams. And he would play basically a Black Knight, an evil person. But I liked him so much in the book because he was kind of cool. And I liked him so much, actually, I was afraid he was going to die in the book, so I never finished it. And my father used to discipline me with the idea that if I wasn’t good, that the Black Knight would come and get me. That it would come and get me, that it actually hid in my closet. And like any young man, eventually you challenge your dad’s theory and you open that closet. And there was my imaginary friend, and he was not scary at all to me. And so he’s been with me. Sort of my alter-ego. And that began wh
