When Decider asked Taylor Kitsch if any of his many, many American Primeval fight scenes stood out to him in memory, he initially said, “No,” prompting co-star Betty Gilpin to giggle. Then, he admitted, one stuck out for a very painful reason.

Set during the Utah War of 1857, Peter Berg's limited series lays out a world where love conquers little, indifference is the only path to survival, and wanting anything will only bring death that much faster.

Taylor Kitsch told UPI he wanted to play Isaac in "American Primeval" because the character is a broken man who rediscovers his humanity and finds a new sense of purpose.