Riley Green is in Marshals, and he says he had to earn it. The country singer appeared in the Yellowstone spinoff as Garrett, Kayce’s friend and a former SEAL Team member, after auditioning for the part and reading for the role on set.
Green said Luke Grimes helped him through the read, making the process easier than he expected. He said he was glad he got the chance because it gave him confidence that the production thought he was good enough to do it, and he added that he would not want a role handed to him because of his music career.
“It was a whole lot easier for me to go read with Luke on set, and he helped me so much doing that,” Green said. He said he had seen an interview in which Grimes jokingly mentioned that they made him read for it, but at the time, that did not seem unusual to him. Green said he thought of himself as the new guy and did not assume his success in country music meant he could act.
That caution mattered because Green was not looking for a shortcut into television. He said he wanted to somewhat earn the role if he could, and that reading for it gave him a little confidence that the people behind Marshals believed he belonged there. He called it a big step for his first acting gig, but said he was thankful for the chance.
Marshals is a Yellowstone spinoff, and Green’s appearance fits into a broader run of country stars crossing into CBS-style dramas. The article describes Green as a very popular country singer and a friend of Marshals lead Luke Grimes, while contrasting his casting with other examples: Jelly Roll was offered his part on Fire Country, and Kane Brown’s role on the fire show was written specifically for him.
The episode worked, too. The article says Green’s Marshals appearance was the best episode yet, which makes the answer plain: yes, Riley Green is in Marshals, and he got there by auditioning for it.