Jeff Daniels and the cast of Godless aren’t sure why we romanticize the Old West

Netflix’s Godless is set in the Old West and follows notorious criminal Frank Griffin (played by Jeff Daniels) and his gang of outlaws on a mission of revenge. It’s the latest entry in Hollywood’s long history of television and film set in the Old West. In the video above, we asked the cast of Godless—Jeff Daniels, Merritt Wever, and Scoot McNairy—why they think Hollywood is so obsessed with that particular setting.