Zoe Saldana reveals why she ‘can’t imagine’ taking on another role in Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan’s universe

Zoe Saldaña has had enough of Taylor Sheridan for now.

After three seasons of starring in and executive producing Sheridan’s Paramount+ spy thriller series Lioness, Saldaña said she has no plans to join the prolific Yellowstone creator on any of his other projects.

“I think that Joe McNamara and Lioness is all that I can handle at this time,” 48-year-old Saldaña told People in an interview published Sunday, referring to her character in the show.

The actor went on to say that working in front of the camera as well as behind the scenes in her producer role was an extremely demanding task.

“I’m number one on the call sheet,” she explained. “I am first one in, last one out. I am prepping months before anybody ever is able to prep. So it’s already a lot of work for me.”

Saldaña added: “I can’t imagine me taking on more of a Taylor Sheridan world.”

She went on to say that her work with Sheridan has proved to him that she is “reliable, just like Joe is.”

“I have my views, and I come with all heart, all brains, all muscle at all times,” she told the outlet. “So, no, I think I’m good here at Lioness.”

Saldaña stars in the series as a CIA operative who leads a top-secret group of female special operatives recruited from various branches of the military and tasked with infiltrating terrorist organizations by befriending their wives and daughters. The cast also includes Nicole Kidman and Morgan Freeman.

When season three of the show was released in August, Saldaña praised Sheridan for his dense scripts.

The Oscar winner told People at the time: “He’s very curious about government affairs, and he seeks out information and education based on that curiosity, and then he writes these incredibly elaborate shows that end up really educating us as well.”’

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“Working with him is a challenge in the sense that he does raise the bar, and you have one of two choices. You either accept the challenge and make sure that you don’t f*** up… or you quit,” she said. “And I like being challenged. I really do.”

Saldaña’s remarks come as her co-star Michael Kelly was recently announced to be joining Sheridan in another show in his television universe. Kelly is set to join the cast of Landman season three, which began filming earlier this month.