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Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. ES: Yeah, absolutely. He's extremely They sort of fashioned him after Tony Soprano, I think. Yeah, ask any actor and they will tell you one of the most fun things to do is to make a departure from yourself and play a villain. Georgia and me, Wes, Russell, Daniel, and Steven Waddington went out there for about a month and that was about as close to bonding we got. Filled up with all those bodies in there.. in the fort. MP: The diverse cast - a microcosm of the French and Indian War, really - must have made things interesting on the set. Things got ugly sometimes and I don't sit around like some of these lap dogs. In No, we don't have "Red River"! It was shot in Vancouver and I talked to Wes after he finished it. Eric Schweig was originally born as Ray Dean Thresher, in Inuvik, Northwest Territories on June . . or play a dulcimer, learn how to play a dulcimer. You know, Robert DeNiro and Val Kilmer didn't go out to the closest available reservation and give him an eagle feather oh, sorry, Al Pacino didn't give him an eagle feather to join his division downtown in Los Angeles. MP: It didn't leave you craving for the city lights? Blackstone Season 2 - "Eric Schweig interviews Andrea Menard" - YouTube For exclusive content visit: www.blackstonetheseries.com For exclusive content visit: www.blackstonetheseries.com. I've been doing this for 25 years now. If they were good sticks .. it was kind of a bummer .. it would've been a better game. They sort of fashioned him after Tony Soprano, I think. They'll get a kick out of that. You know, even though they stole them, they kept them in excellent condition to put on the front of this book so you can duplicate it. I've never been, well.. they treated me like royalty. He doesn't speak any English so it was hard to, it's hard to color a picture if you only have one color crayon. MP: Were they downplaying the Uncas/Alice relationship? ES: I don't know, they should have stuck it in there. E: Michael Mann was running around behind everyone in the editing room making them do it shouting, "What are you doing?". I didn't see a hell of a lot of women in that movie. MOHICAN PRESS Let us digress we very much want to like Eric Schweig. scripted, which was more than "puppy love". They could stand around and get suntanned. E: No, I didn't. A GUEST AT THE GREAT MOHICAN GATHERING OF 1999. Ex mercenaries that have seen and done horrible things decide to retire and open up a used car lot. E: There are six different nations in the Mohawk nation. I: Well, I was thinking more along the lines of your [??] One of our problems is finding a voice and speaking up, speaking out really loud too, if you want to. Rather spontaneously, a gathering of LOTM fans has been planned. As expected, we found ourselves liking him a great deal, and we quickly came to a mutually agreeable arrangement for displaying his work. It sounds like you've done good things with these kids and you'll probably never know the rewards of that in your lifetime. ES: Yeah, but I understand the reason why. Did you ever get a feeling of really being in that For example, the beginning of the movie in the woods Day-Lewis' shirt appears and disappears! Previous to this "formal" interview, we had had several long conversations with Eric, focusing primarily on his hand carved Inuit masks. It looks like this interview was written very tongue in cheek, so don't take everything too seriously. But they didn't! Out of all the scenes that you did, what was the most difficult? Was there a challenge or was it a likeable role for you? ES: No, I haven't actually. E: I've been with PRIME TALENT for about three years and they audition all over the United States and Canada. Guide book STILL I: Uncas comes over as the strong and silent character (minus the huge amount of dialogue), but the terrific expressions that you have throughout the film speak for you. What am I doing working in the movies? COLLECTIBLES || Mohawks all over the place! Before taking the role, did you have any familiarity with muskets or did you have to train for that? MP: As far as roles go; is there any particular type of film you would like.. or any particular character you would want to play? They worked everybody like dogs, so that was the only beef anyone had. E: No, I don't think so at all. ES: Yeah, Wes was cool. MP: When you watch the movie it seems as though you guys had bonded. So, by the time And it seems to me, we could have been more of a family unit. When you do that you really have to commit. I mean Russell and I did, but you know, Russell and I Daniel and I come from we might as well be a zillion miles away. Senility is a social disease. It was fun! He's all business. when you do too much of anything too much alcohol too many drugs. And, you know, it's the That's not to say we weren't I: The editing in the film is a little off sometimes. Support Indian Country Today for as little as $10. MOHICAN WWW BOARD. I know ES: Yeah, I realize it was about the French and Indian Wars, but if they had focused more on the family ties that are involved with the Indian people that lived in that area, it would have hit home a lot harder. As a former foster child himself, he knows all too well the obstacles that youth can face when growing up in care. I: So you made the movie in Richmond: now what? passionate, heartfelt, and poignantly expressed. I don't think he plays but he'd like to All of this stuff is a direct connection between that and Blackstone and a lot of these topics come up in Blackstone. He's the guy that showed us how to He interjects things, seemingly out of nowhere, which had little to do with the question, leading one to suspect there was an agenda waiting to spew forth. ES: He's more meticulous, he's a perfectionist to the power of 10. You know, if you get beaten down for so long and then you I: The scene on the mountain when you run to save Alice at the end you didn't wait for Hawkeye and your father, as per the book? Apparently they're shooting in Washington State. We have feasts around here and they eat first. Yeah, probably the Magua scrap was my favorite. MP: That's interesting because from your viewpoint you look at Daniel Day-Lewis and Madeleine Stowe as the stars, but for other people, you're one of the stars. Daniel Day-Lewis and Madeleine Stowe were THE couple so they couldn't take away from them because that was the main interest. ], MP: [Laughing!] ADOPTION SPEECH DELIVERED BY ERIC SCHWEIG, An oldie, but goodie 1992 ERIC SCHWEIG INTERVIEW. I don't believe MP: Do you have any relationship with your family? I thought it would stink! There were also a few scenes cut out that should not have been. Right now, with all the school violence and music and art programs being cut all over the US I thought it would be good to interview him. They take their sense of history and their wisdom Okay . You were born in Inuvik? Everything just soars in it. But I made the bottom of the mask protrude a little bit more. They made me dive from one canoe to another. an Inuit duo! between walking around the different classes and hanging around the smoking area, it was .. they had a multi-culturalism program that they had figured out for themselves and they were promoting it. MP: Do you see that on the other end of the spectrum too, with the elderly? He's a nice guy. Some people don't know whether to love him or hate him. MP: The photo of the mask you described. on the cover of the book, is that 18th century or 19th century? Nothing like that . E: I got along with everybody! MP: Where as a well made period piece, showing history as realistically as can be, is good. and.. of course they're not gonna care and they're gonna forget everything. "In a scene inspired by a Bierstadt painting," says Mann, "they all come together at the creek. Eric was forthcoming and, we believe, candid in his responses; gracious, and willing to discuss everything we asked. MP: A lot of people have been coming to our web site and checking out your masks. It's absurd. Join Stevie, comedic director "Steelbird" and his "assistant" real life movie star Eric Schweig as they present these incredible live performances, in-depth artist interviews and hilarious comedic backstage antics with featured artists. That's where their home is and we're fighting over her There were guys from all over the place. MP: Granted, we've held this film up to extreme scrutiny, but how do you reconcile this meticulous behavior with some of the flaws, like the blue cap and megaphone at Massacre Valley, that made it into the final cut? Return To Part 1 Of ERIC SCHWEIG: AN INTERVIEW, See Eric As Uncas, From The DVD-version: UNCAS & ALICE, A cause dear to his heart, read: EARLY This is all in the 1800s and actually we shot it over at the ranch where they shot Legends of the Fall. I didn't know the Russians, the Europeans, came from the west coast. You should do a mask. MP: Why did you specifically choose the Inuit Spirit masks as the subject of your carvings? Certainly, we have a new found appreciation for interviewers! You know, what goes around comes around. There was a golf tournament out there. A lot of these people are among your biggest fans, which is why many of them came to our web site in the first place. ES: There's one. MP: Another scene that may have been filmed but didn't make it in the final cut was when you were approaching the fort. First, how were you chosen for the role of Uncas? Mostly it was an hour and a half long sprint! E: I had fun, really. So, that's good to see. We were particularly struck by his comments pertaining to children which seemed I'll never forget his annoying voice. MP: Okay, well. aside from the masks, which will obviously be going to take a lot of your time and focus.. are you still pursuing your acting career? Eric Schweig and Arye Gross in "Big Eden." Out gay filmmaker Thomas Bezucha has a new film, "Let Him Go," now out in theaters. I'm not trying to be antagonistic. The girls would have been scared of everything! I love. MP: We've read that you have been involved in a children's drama group. Faye Marie. MP: Do you remember what scene you were filming? Schweig plays Andy Fraser, the chief of the fictional Blackstone First Nations tribe alongside an award-winning ensemble cast that includes Gemini winning actor Michelle Thrush, Gemini nominee Carmen Moore and others. .. We'd sit and talk about playing guitar. And you take care of yourself Whew! them to do. I don't just talk about it, I do it. ES: Hmmm . Well, not . not really. It wasn't too heavy. I had more fun in that one month than I did in principal photography! In regards to the entire star system and awards systemI don't care who has won what or who has done this or that or the other thing. MP: Okay. We're curious about Jodhi May's mother. And I said, "If you want to be historically correct in this movie, you must realize that the clans back then would adopt this young white baby and we grew up with him. ES: No, not when I was there. LINKS You know, he hung out and he talked to . anybody. What was your relationship like with those two actors? After studying traditional Pacific Coast carvings Eric refined and directed his talent toward the recreation of the traditional masks of his ancestors, the Inuit. Born on the 19th June, 1967, Inuvik, Canada FILMOGRAPHY 1990 : The Shaman's Source : Robert Crow 1992 : By Way of the Stars (TV) :. You know what I want to do, I want to get a bunch of jackets for them, a bunch of Drama Club jackets and put the name of their band on it. RM F6H5NG - Jan 14, 2002; Hollywood, CA, USA; ERIC SCHWEIG (left) as Rudy Yellow Lodge and GRAHAM GREENE as Mogie Yellow Lodge in the crime drama ''Skins'' directed by Chris Eyre. Interviewing is something we hadn't done We realize many of you are huge Eric Schweig fans. The scenes the way it was shot. I: How did you get on with the rest of the cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Jodhi May and Russell Means? Not to portray these times would be to "twist" history. Even in the 70s, or the 80s . the early 80s. MP: What did you think of her being there? Either your adopted or your natural family? And that's not the way it's supposed to be. But that was a superb scene! He was in good humor throughout. MP: You're welcome. Probably in a little while. but, I'll get the script in No problem. Historical films will always be. ES: Yeah.it's a.. yeah. Guide book STILL I believe you have been growing it for eight years? ES: Or even Vern. I: What were the good points about the film? It's so big. That Cooper's "history" was, in many ways, stunningly accurate? Usually they paved the way so we didn't have much of a problem. It was huge. ES: Yeah, it's the same way. If there was a young boy who could not keep his hands off his father's or uncles' hunting implements and then he whined when they went out hunting, chances were that thats what he wanted to do. We had a really deep love scene in the cave and they cut that out completely. You have to sit down and focus. And the colors. the picture that was taken of this mask, the colors were a bit off. ES: Oh, that took all night. What else? I don't get it because those are our babies. MP: Throughout the film there is featured some terrific landscapes. It could have been shot better. And so, it has to start with YOU. STOREFRONT || I assume that you didn't have much knowledge, before landing the role of Uncas, of the period history behind LOTM not only of MP: How do feel about being cast in the real-life role of Indian activist? It's box office numbers. One of the six and French, so that they could talk amongst themselves. I didn't think it would make this much money! It was stupid not to! MP: I imagine they do! Uhm hmm. All the sets all the scenes a thousand extras at any given time running all over the place. I guess it worked out. Was that difficult to achieve? When not doing that, she's writing books on classic Hollywood, including Lew Ayres: Hollywood's. We don't mean to be contrary to his every word, but it just seems like he was echoing sentiments he didn't really fully understand. Do you enjoy the stage? MP: Do any of the locations stick out in your mind as a favorite place? a couple of days and then meet the director, I guess. And I was told at 7 a.m. the next morning that I was hired! So, no, not to me. ES: Yeah, start sending out pamphlets to customs [Laughs], just to tell them . MP: Okay. It's become a horrible reality. It was really hard to get that damn ball. They would have liked to have seen that scene kept in or at least the relationship more developed, alongside Hawkeye and Cora's. MP: You feel like it left something undone in the relationship by cutting out the scene? Is that something you had experience with before? MP: And as opposed to what you do .. acting . doesn't that put you in the spotlight? It's sort of, if you think about it, it kind of leaves the audience going, "How did all these guys We got along with him. MP: Well, would that be something you would consider? If you go onto a reservation and you see the dogs and their heads are hanging, that's a bad sign . you know, people don't care about them. We, and certainly your fans, appreciate it. the real, well .. you see these gang bangers running around blasting each other to smithereens because they think it's cool.. because that's what you do. But any bonding that happened was probably at Many Hawks, this special operations camp. She was pretty nice, Jodhi's mom. People are treating kids like animals. I had no idea. They could come so close but the rest is just theoretical, or hypothetical. Deidre phoned me up and told me . it's a contemporary thing where I play a sheriff. It's pretty cool, and that's part of the whole process. Was it just a kiss? That's what these guys do in the movies. in Deep Rising. Nobody knows EXACTLY what went on. It's sad whenever kids have an abusive childhood. So, you have the tradition to work with. but are you interjecting your own mood? I: I believe you are half-German and half-Inuit and you are involved with the Canadian Alliance and the Solidarity for Native People? We wish him a lot of success in all his endeavors and thank him for taking the time to speak discussing The Last of the Mohicans, but became extremely animated when talking about certain topics, particularly his masks and his involvement in a children's drama group. For those who have missed it, requested it, or just now found it, we place it here again. He was ALWAYS doing that. It's so cheesy. Of course then he will do something that is sweet and redeeming. I've never told anyone I am a Marlon Brando or whoever. As a former foster child himself, he knows all too well the obstacles that youth can face when growing up in care. ES: Yeah, they could have it's all politics. AMAZON.COM/LOTM STOREFRONT. E: I would go on and on about the things that were wrong in the movie. How would he feel if film directors did not use native people in native roles? With the village? An anger at how history has unfolded itself. Where's Marion? it to them. We're just dressed in, you know, regular garb and doing things that other people do, and they're timely. AMERICAN HISTORICAL SIMULATIONS Yeah, they're making they're redeeming themselves. He's intense, too, so it was fun to watch the play between him and Michael Mann. "Please don't release this in English!". Eric Schweig makes for a dashing Joseph Brandt, the young Iroquois all the girls swoon over. Born in Canada's Northwest Territories and of Inuvialuit lineage, Schweig was adopted into an abusive family as a baby and suffered under their treatment until, at age 16, he ran away to Toronto.. Mohican Press - ALL Anyway, we were all downtown. You know Wes Studi's got his own film company and he's doing . [Wardancer Film Group] before it was a tad more difficult than we'd anticipated. ], 45's and shot guns. And we didn't finish till, I don't know, 11, 12 something like that, anyway. you have to bring to the forefront. It was kind of disappointing because it fit right in. MUSINGS || the answers, and everybody does that well, basically as human beings we know the difference between right and wrong. But he said them. Daniel, he's pretty laid back, to say the least. MP: The vehicle that has placed you before the public eye is, of course, The Last of the Mohicans. And I'm waiting to see if I can get the role of Joseph Stone, a cop who's been to Lebanon and all that. Eric Schweig (born Ray Dean Thrasher; 19 June 1967 [1]) is an Indigenous Canadian actor best known for his role as Chingachgook 's son Uncas in The Last of the Mohicans (1992). that would be upsetting, too. If the movie makes $80 million, they don't care what I say. That's no lie either. If someone wants a reference like, "How was he to work with? Or, at least wonder why he says it! I am an outreach worker in real life. That's what I love about it. I don't know. He's got a real character face. . You see a lot of people, like I was telling Gail the other day, you see the PMRC , the Parents Music Resource Center, and Tipper Gore and her butt head husband and they're running around bands like Marilyn Manson, and they're banning them from That was a pain in the ass, to say Thanks, Eric. I: And you were out there for five months in the Smoky Mountains what was it like? He opens up about the joys and challenges of being a new foster caregiver to two siblings. That would've been really cool if they'd have done that. And we have hired more Native journalists in the past year than any news organization and with your help we will continue to grow and create career paths for our people. Okay, you're a carver, an actor, a musician, and a drama coach. Until Indian people can gain something of a creative role, then the cold hard facts about that, is that you need money. 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