On a weekday morning in Fort Worth, somewhere between a gated driveway and a perfectly trimmed hedge, Stephen Reich did what he has done for years — showed a house, talked square footage, and smiled as he met with his client. The difference this time was the camera crew, the call sheet, and Ali Larter standing beside him as Angela Norris on Paramount+’s “Landman.”
For Reich, a Williams Trew agent with ranch dirt in his blood, it was just another workday — one that millions would soon watch from their living rooms.
“I’ve had the pleasure of doing some real estate transactions with Taylor Sheridan and have got to know him on a personal level,” Reich says over the phone. “He called me one day and said, ‘Hey, I’m thinking about writing you into “Landman.” Would you be opposed to that?’ And I said, ‘Of course not.’ A couple of months went past, and I got a phone call that said, ‘Hey, you need to be on set Monday morning.’”
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you already know Sheridan has turned North Texas into a cinematic proving ground. Fort Worth, especially, has become a recurring character in his expanding universe, less backdrop than co-star. Of all the projects filmed here, none has drawn more attention than “Landman,” the oil-soaked, power-driven drama shot across Cowtown’s most recognizable streets, steak houses, and social corridors…