Brandon Sklenar Details Intense Transformation For Taylor Sheridan's New Action Movie

Published Nov 10, 2026, 2:27 PM EST Ryan Northrup is a Senior Staff Writer on ScreenRant's Movie & TV News team, where he has authored nearly 5,000 articles, including features and reviews. A graduate of McMaster University, Ryan began his career in public relations before attending Vancouver Film School. There, he built lasting industry connections and optioned a feature film screenplay. Brandon Sklenar underwent a major physique change for F.A.S.T. Directed by Ben Richardson, F.A.S.T. tells the story of a former U.S. Special Forces soldier who joins the DEA to take down drug dealers who are under CIA protection. Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan penned the script for the action film, which also stars Jason Clarke, Wilson Bethel, Sam Claflin, LaKeith Stanfield, and Chloe Coleman. Speaking about his upcoming female bodybuilding drama Iron Jane with The Hollywood Reporter, Sklenar lets new details slip about F.A.S.T. According to the star, he had "got massive" for his role in the upcoming Sheridan movie, and this informed the kind of shape he was able to get in for Iron Jane. Check out his full comment below: I trained in a very specific way for the film, but it wasn’t necessarily about bulking up. I put on a bunch of size for another film I had done earlier in the 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. So I was still kind of working with that foundation. F.A.S.T. will mark Sklenar's second major Sheridan project. The actor also stars in both seasons of 1923, a Yellowstone prequel series also created by Sheridan. Though 1923 season 2 marks the end of the prequel, Sheridan has a follow-up called 1944 in the works, and Sklenar has expressed interest in reprising his role as an older Spencer Dutton for the series. In addition to 1923, Sklenar is coming off of roles in The Housemaid (2025), Drop (2025), and It Ends With Us (2024). Other notable titles for the actor include Emily the Criminal (2022), The Offer (2022), and Westworld (2016-2022). For Sheridan F.A.S.T. marks his return to the world of movies after a number of years away. Sheridan has been busy with his shows like Mayor of Kingstown, Landman, The Madison, Tulsa King, and Lioness, with his most recent feature film screenplay being 2021's Those Who Wish Me Dead, which he also directed. Sheridan, of course, got his start writing movies, including Sicario (2015), Hell or High Water (2016), and Wind River (2017). The Yellowstone creator also wrote Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018) and Without Remorse (2021). On the movie front, Sheridan is attached to write Sicario 3 and the Call of Duty movie. ​​​​​​​ From the logline, F.A.S.T. sounds relatively in line with something like Sicario. The 2015 film, which hailed from director Denis Villeneuve, was critically acclaimed and a box office success. Richardson is relatively untested as a feature film director, but he has previously directed episodes of Yellowstone, Mayor of Kingstown, 1883, Tulsa King, and 1923. He also served as cinematographer on Sheridan films like Wind River and Those Who Wish Me Dead. With a release date set for May 14 of next year, it likely won't be long before an official F.A.S.T. trailer is released. Though questions remain about the project, audiences can clearly expect quite a physical transformation from Sklenar. Release Date April 23, 2027 Director Ben Richardson Writers Taylor Sheridan Cast Brandon Sklenar Spencer Dutton