Brandon Sklenar Says He “Got Massive” for Delta Force Role in F.A.S.T.
Actor Brandon Sklenar says he bulked up to play a Delta Force operator in F.A.S.T., a thriller written by Taylor Sheridan and due in May 2027. Sheridan, meanwhile, is turning his Texas ranch into a business.
Actor Brandon Sklenar says he "got massive" to play a Delta Force operator in F.A.S.T., a Warner Bros. thriller written by Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan that is scheduled to premiere in May 2027.
Sklenar, who starred in 1923, described the role in a recent interview. He said he had already added muscle for another film earlier this year.
"I'm starring in this film Taylor Sheridan wrote called F.A.S.T. for Warners. It's coming out in May. I played a Delta Force operator, and I got massive," Sklenar said.
What F.A.S.T. is about
Few details have been released. The public plot centers on a former special forces commando who is down on his luck after returning to the United States.
The Drug Enforcement Administration taps him to lead a black-ops strike team. Its targets are drug dealers protected by the CIA, in the commando's own town.
Sklenar leads the cast. The setup has drawn comparisons to the Sicario films, also tied to Sheridan.
Sheridan's business empire
Sheridan is also building a business outside film and television. In 2022 he bought the 260,000-plus-acre 6666 (Four Sixes) Ranch in Texas for $330 million. He uses it to film his productions and run working cattle operations.
He sold off the ranch's racehorses. In October he announced a plan with MGM Resorts to open the Four Sixes Ranch Steakhouse at the MGM Grand in early 2027.
"There is no playbook. We had ideas," Sheridan said in a recent interview. On the cattle side, he said, "I had to go get a PhD in the cattle business."
He added that his approach is to bring everything back to storytelling: "let's tell the story of the ranch and everything that we do."
NBCUniversal deal and the end of Yellowstone
Sheridan's television footprint is large. Beyond Yellowstone, 1883 and 1923, he created the CIA and military drama Lioness and the oil-boom series Landman.
He struck a deal with NBCUniversal in late 2025. It starts in 2029 and will reportedly see him create about 20 new shows, with a reported overall value of $1 billion.
Asked why Yellowstone ended at its peak, Sheridan said long-running series tend to repeat themselves. "I think that about the longest you can have a show run without it becoming repetitive is about five years," he said. "And that's what we did on Yellowstone."
