Their perseverance paid off. Kurt Russell has revealed why he almost couldn’t star as Preston Clyburn in the upcoming “Yellowstone” spinoff, “The Madison,” despite being eyed for the role from the get-go by series creator Taylor Sheridan. “I did the second season of ‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters,’ the Apple TV show, and unfortunately for me, the timing was when ‘Madison’ came around,” Russell, 74, told Entertainment Weekly during an interview published Wednesday. “And I said, ‘There’s just no