eric schweig interview

MP: True. MOHICANS E: The terrific points about the movie was the cinematography on the locations and the costumes. He's a nice enough guy. 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.. Glad we did! I don't get it because those are our babies. He's pretty intense. I thought I was forgotten, apparently not. Put us into 1992 along with everyone else. Directing them, casting them, and what not.. but. so that's what I'd really like to see. MP: Would you describe yourself as a private person? All of this helps a lot in my performance. Did you ever feel like "us against them" or "we've got another obstacle to go through and we've got to watch out for each other"; or was I've been around horses. Tell us about Andy Fraser, the character you're playing. have been because they had aged so much and the paint had flaked off. it was aged down, but we just took a shot at it and it turned out wicked. Eric Schweig and Arye Gross in "Big Eden." Out gay filmmaker Thomas Bezucha has a new film, "Let Him Go," now out in theaters. It has been spoken about an awful lot. MP: It looks real good. We have seen your work and it's beautiful. He exhibits a fine sense of humor. MUSINGS || And it's really hard, I guess it's hard, I've never been a parent, but it'd be hard to differentiate your child's freedom and their safety. ES: Yeah, that's. see, this is almost right on the money. It's sad whenever kids have an abusive childhood. [2] I've never told anyone I am a Marlon Brando or whoever. There were also a few scenes cut out that should not have been. MP: Were they downplaying the Uncas/Alice relationship? MP: How about firing a musket. In an interview with ICTMN, Schweig discussed life experiences that have helped him to play his role in Blackstone, his belief in giving back to the community, and how he has obtained such success in his career. We haven't put anything on yet but we're planning on it. E: I think they wanted that, but the height did come into it. MUSINGS || ES: Yeah, absolutely. I'm into it. E: No, I haven't. No problem. Anyway, Vern picked it up one day and said "Hey, this is wild, man. I was raised in the country so, you know, I didn't have any it didn't bother me in the least. As a former foster child himself, he knows all too well the obstacles that youth can face when growing up in care. He was one of the leaders of the 70-day siege at Wounded Knee in 1973, an incident which arose out of an AIM dispute with federal and tribal authorities. Interview with Eric: All of this info came from an interview (my interview form) on May 2nd 2000. celebrity. Most of that was because there were so many people in there all the time. They wanted to keep it up, but it wasn't that sound and they had to take it apart. And I'm a damn hand with a harmonica! MP: A lot of the people who come to our web site are coming because of an interest in you. E: I don't mix with other actors. an Inuit duo! They reminded me of me. Why do you think Blackstone is so popular? But people still, especially kids who have this .. it changes the way they see things. You know? I: Did you have to be really physically fit? It's pretty cool, and that's part of the whole process. As you've read in the interview, a film project is likely to materialize. Or do you instead allow your own mood, your color preferences .. that sort of thing, to blend with tradition and then the result being a unique MESSAGE BOARD, STOREFRONTS! friendly towards each other or any of that. understanding of who Eric is. Your character, Hawkeye, and Chingachgook. there seemed a sense of family. People either love it or they hate it and that's what you want. ES: Yeah, start sending out pamphlets to customs [Laughs], just to tell them . MP: Okay. With funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, CRESST researchers conducted a multi-year evaluation of a major school reform project at Alain Leroy Locke High School, historically one of California's lowest performing secondary schools. [Laughs] He just happened to be Our impression of Eric Schweig was that he is gracious, friendly, humorous and sincere. It is fun because you can do morally reprehensible shit and get away with it. So what if the film was not shot in the He seems like a good guy. I've read a couple of scripts that were on the money. An anger at how history has unfolded itself. I didn't think it would make this much money! The more the merrier. SCRIPT || He said it's kind of a double It's a shame we [Indian actors] haven't been given the opportunity to well, you know, Wes is doing really good. He can do a lot of stuff with his looks. We were in Columbus, Georgia for about a month. Guide book STILL Col. Dave Webster runs this thing out of Columbus, This is all in the 1800s and actually we shot it over at the ranch where they shot Legends of the Fall. and.. of course they're not gonna care and they're gonna forget everything. Actually, the same school that had kicked them out, that couldn't handle them, were phoning them back and saying "How do we start this multi-culturalism in our school?" It was fun! MP: Cast as the Indian all the time, but you'd prefer to be offered a role because you're a good actor? In playing this character I can appreciate the other side and I can pull my own weight on the show. What was the most trying on you personally? I: How did you get on with the rest of the cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Jodhi May and Russell Means? But they didn't! ES: Well, the doors are opening now. It is up front and it is brutally honest. E: I've been with PRIME TALENT for about three years and they audition all over the United States and Canada. One in particular was your party's arrival at Fort William Henry. Certainly, we have a new found appreciation for interviewers! Well, I did in '92. Accessibility or. ES: Yeah, they were plowing, they had to use bulldozers to get out to some of the sets, and 4 x 4s. Perhaps we are wrong. You know.. just in town here, right beside the baseball field.. and this is a small town, there's about 10,000 people. right beside the ball field, this young girl, about a year and And you know, most of them are but where most of them will do 3 or 4 takes of something, whether it's a close up or an establishing shot he'll take 12 [laughs] . or 13. It doesn't matter what kind of crooks they were! The Indians were ambushed by Russians. And it was one of the six. 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). You can't put some little guy next to someone like Daniel Day-Lewis. Other than that, everybody got along. 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. I used to hate it but I got used to them after awhile. It's about me and this guy his name is Christoph and he's from France. 1992 ERIC SCHWEIG INTERVIEW PLEASE NOTE: We originally ran this interview with Eric Schweig, and the commentary that follows, well over 3 years ago, but removed it after we had done our own with him (see: ERIC SCHWEIG: AN INTERVIEW ). 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? Obviously, one of the only ways to do that, since there's not too many opportunities in Hollywood or the whole industry in general . you have to sort of start making your own Guide book STILL MUSINGS || MP: Did you get closer to Jodhi May would you say, than to say, Madeleine Stowe? We love his portrayal of Uncas. 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. Anything that had to do with the fort . because it was hot in there and it was stuffy. I think, anyway. MP: How do feel about being cast in the real-life role of Indian activist? Copyright 1997 - 2020 by I started volunteering with Resource Assistance for YouthRaY Inc., and and they hired me to work with them. "ALL THESE CHARACTERS ARE BASED ON FICTION!". He is such an integral part of our favorite movie. Was that ever filmed? ES: Something I'm considering. MP: Another scene that may have been filmed but didn't make it in the final cut was when you were approaching the fort. mask each and every time? He's a really funny guy. Yeah, you know, just like locusts. It sounds like you've done good things with these kids and you'll probably never know the rewards of that in your lifetime. MP: It is really scary to be a parent now. There's these assholes running around kidnapping kids. But when Daniel walks into the Huron village he almost gets his brains knocked out. MP: I understand you worked with horses in that film. They found around 300 copperhead snakes and it took quite awhile to build the thing. He's all business. couple of days we had it down to 20 or 30 seconds. Cause they just kind of stuck us in this little part of the field, when in the 1700s there was a thousand guys on the damn field guys getting killed, bones being broken. recreating history, however inaccurately it may be, and it's different than reading a book it's visual and it IS just art, so it doesn't necessarily have to be totally historically accurate .. For example, in the movie Braveheart, What am I doing working in the movies? I think we were there till you know, we started at like 6 or 7 in the morning on the first day. them have had really, really rough lives. to say the least. That was a pain in the ass, to say I: When the movie first premiered, did you think it would be such a hit as it has been? ES: Yeah, I just get a real charge out of it.. so does anybody who's listening. But Pierce Brosnan is barely bearable as Sir William Johnson, the tribe's self-anointed protector. 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. They worked everybody like dogs, so that was the only beef anyone had. I had no idea. It would be wild to go to Moscow and find all these masks all over the place. They scratched the money together and made T-shirts. E: Oh, yeah. But period pieces have always been, and always will be, because of their way of I've been doing this for 25 years now. ES: Yes. You know, what goes around comes around. It could have been shot better. Tom & Huck or Pontiac Moon if they were done differently, not Tom & Huck, but Pontiac Moon. No one really knows, it should have gone in there Hopefully, it will be on the extended version when it's on video. So, the more contemporary films we can do and be allowed to be a part of society and society's subconscious, then the better it will be. Available - Free Downloads Only! So, by the time ES: Yeah, it didn't have to be as epic as the battle scene in the valley there, but maybe with half the all the guys but not the inten [breaks off] let's have a hockey game! There are some we really WISH we asked. What I thought about the movie was that it was sprawling. ES: No, I haven't. [More laughter]. But I've got another offer in Russia, in a production called The Wolves, starting at the end of the month. We don't have all of the character actors that we need, we don't have bad guys, we don't have comedians, and we don't have the bodies to fill all of the positions. Please do not reproduce it, in any form, without our permission. Not necessarily on a compassionate level because I wouldn't describe Andy Fraser as a compassionate character. think I'd hesitate. Basic description does not do this moment justice. I: Well, I've learned a lot today from you and I really thank you for all the time you've given me. My birth name is Ray Dean Thrasher while my adopted legal name is Eric Kurt Schweig. EARLY PART 2: ERIC SCHWEIG: AN INTERVIEW 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? ES: Yes, I'd rather be seen as an individual who chooses acting as a profession. And so, it has to start with YOU. That's Andy Fraser. We had a really deep love scene in the cave and they cut that out completely. ES: Well oh man. [laughs] There could have been a few more women. His filmographic credentials include a slew of TV series such as . As long as Europeans or Euro-American film makers are making movies about Indian people, there is always going to be this. I'm not trying to be antagonistic. Well, it's one of the biggest small towns. And, I play a lot of guitar. That's why they cut that love scene out. ES: Well, we did boycott the set one day because all the extras were getting shit on. 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