Kevin Costner sits casually from the comfort of his California home in a white short-sleeve shirt, a cup of coffee on the counter. He’s just arrived back to the states from Europe after “about an 18-hour flight” that “felt forever.” The first thing he did when he woke up, he tells TODAY.

com over Zoom, was his “little daily habit of having a coffee in the morning.” The movie star doesn’t drink a lot of coffee, he says, “But I have that one, and I think I actually feel a little bit off center if I don’t.” Life is good for the 69-year-old movie star, who's been a busy man as of late.

He was just in Italy for the Magna Graecia Film Festival, has been promoting “Horizon: An American Saga” and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters collab, as well as has plans to film the third and fourth installment of his Western films. Despite his packed schedule, he listens with intention and lights up when speaking about the future of “Horizon,” reflecting on a milestone birthday coming up, and has a wholesome laugh when asked if he goes on coffee dates. The actor and director isn’t letting the critics have the last say on the future of “Horizon.

” The first film in the four-part saga, “Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1,” premiered on June 28 to box office numbers. “Chapter 2” was scheduled to premiere Aug. 16, before it was pulled from its release, according to .

However, the drama will premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September, which Costner c.