MP: I know you've had experience framing houses. [More laughter]. MP: To date, you've been in two movies with him, The Last of the Mohicans and The Broken Chain. It was hot and it was annoying because Michael wanted to .. you know, like I said before.take after take. I'm not an Indian actor. But when someone shouts at me, I shout back! They promote it. 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. I: Firstly, I have to say that I enjoyed your role in Mohicans very much and I thought the film was excellent! I don't think he plays but he'd like to MP: I hate to tell you this but it's supposed to be released over here, real soon, in English. Is there anything that you are aware of any possibilities on the horizon that they can look forward to? I went over to his hotel and sat around with him. ES: Yes. I'll do it. It was really hard to get that damn ball. Just a cop. If the movie makes $80 million, they don't care what I say. COLLECTIBLES || Blackstone Season 2 - "Eric Schweig interviews Andrea Menard" - YouTube For exclusive content visit: www.blackstonetheseries.com For exclusive content visit: www.blackstonetheseries.com. I: Well, that explains that! Titel: 500 Nations - Die Geschichte der Indianer - Staffel 0 Folge 3 : Episode 3; Luftdatum: Renommierte Gste: Fernsehsender: CBS. He is such an integral part of our favorite movie. E: I got along with everybody! He's the guy that showed us how to Gregory Harrison . I am an outreach worker in real life. It doesn't matter what kind of crooks they were! Have you seen the movie? And, I play a lot of guitar. Early life [ edit] Schweig was born in Inuvik, Northwest Territories. MP: Then this must be a source of satisfaction for you. to work with them? SCRIPT || in place of the word. Powwow Trail (2001- ) Episode: White Man's Indian Either your adopted or your natural family? I didn't think it would make this much money! That's what I love about it. If they were good sticks .. it was kind of a bummer .. it would've been a better game. There was a golf tournament out there. And they put in all kinds of unnatural fears into kids' minds, or potentially can. of symbolic imagery. GATHERINGS || It's scheduled for June in North Carolina. them to do. Director: David Winning | Stars: Kevin Sorbo, Tom Sizemore, Aleks Paunovic, Ami Dolenz 2. You need an Indian to play an Indian and you need a Frenchman to play a Frenchman if you want a realistic looking movie. You've said previously that you've worked with wood since you were "knee-high" and that it was something that came naturally to you. Just a chance to. you can see it in them.. certain monologues that hit home with them. I: You mentioned earlier about your hair. Was the fort built for the film? MP: Where as a well made period piece, showing history as realistically as can be, is good. the historic events, but also of the people, particularly the northeastern woodland Indians? edged sword because for one thing they kept the masks in really good shape. You should do a mask. You know, you gotta start somewhere and they're starting small but they're starting. He's normal. The battle scenes were spectacular! And so, it has to start with YOU. ES: Oh, that took all night. MP: Well, you'll have to tell us about it because we've not seen it. They had a pool and a waterfall. Day Lewis. 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. ES: I like playing bad guys. MENUS! And it seems to me, we could have been more of a family unit. ES: Well, you know, it's a period piece. Right THERE! Eric Schweig has spoken freely about his alcoholism. So, by the time Sometimes I felt like I wanted to scream or something. I: Well, I've learned a lot today from you and I really thank you for all the time you've given me. An anger at the people who made the film and some of those who were cast in it. These kids were so awesome, they just blew me away. Was it meant to be like that? STOREFRONT || They were the stars so they acted accordingly. 1997 - 2020 by [Laughs] They're not making Spaghetti Westerns. MP: Okay! They were in the islands? 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. ES: Yes, I'd rather be seen as an individual who chooses acting as a profession. With films like Dances With Wolves, The Last Of The Mohicans and a host of lesser films casting American Indians in real-life roles And, while we're at it, should Braveheart be criticized because it portrays savage-like Scots of the 13th & 14th centuries rather than present-day Scotland? I also am an adult survivor of abuse by my adoptive parents. I lived in hostels and I was an alcoholic until 14 years ago. I don't think. [Laughs] In case people liked ours better! I: And I presume the Hurons were speaking French? I: There is a very soft, subtle love story between you and Alice. The more the merrier. That scene has repeatedly come up because following that, when you're getting your wound dressed by Cora ES: Oh yes. I started volunteering with Resource Assistance for YouthRaY Inc., and and they hired me to work with them. We love his portrayal of Uncas. Because it took so long to shoot, six months to shoot that and so many things went on. 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. So, by the time of the interview, we felt comfortable with him, and he with us. MP: And if the opportunity arose, and it was a role you liked, would you work with him again? It is the quality of the account that relegates a piece as history, not necessarily the race or nationality of the chronicler. COURIER || Or was it a sex scene? So I told everybody from the beginning. As award-winning actor Eric Schweig led a column of mourners yesterday to a sunburned patch of grass at Vancouver's Grandview Park (the place where a man called Curtis Brick spent his dying moments) the drama seemed like a movie scene.. S chweig has, in fact, appeared in similar scenes on screen many times.. A carver and actor born in Nunavut, Schweig's credits track like a highlight reel of . MP: Do you see that on the other end of the spectrum too, with the elderly? out but don't stay out too late. of the interview, we felt comfortable with him, and he with us. Not to portray these times would be to "twist" history. MP: Okay.. again, regarding art.. a strong quality of any artist's work is the individuality of their creations. I like walking with my gun and my dogs in the woods near here. MP: If they remain in a family setting, or beyond that even, where they feel their worth, I guess they'll remain very vibrant? Teile diese Show mit deinen Freunden. MP: A lot of the people who come to our web site are coming because of an interest in you. People in New Zealand are getting this program but people in Seattle can't watch it. ES: Yeah, Wes was cool. ES: Yeah, absolutely. I: The editing in the film is a little off sometimes. I teach them and they teach me. ES: Oh yeah, Lake James. unless they start writing scripts about contemporary things. The stupidest idea or concept I've ever That's where their home is and we're fighting over her 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 could work out something. Interview with Eric: All of this info came from an interview (my interview form) on May 2nd 2000. celebrity. that would be upsetting, too. In the past, a hundred years ago, we would watch our toddlers, and what they had predisposition for doing. In COLOR! PATHFINDING || it's getting much better here. Where as Indian people, for the most part, everybody listens to their elders, everybody takes care of them. It's sort of, if you think about it, it kind of leaves the audience going, "How did all these guys I'd take a picture of every one of them, too! He will muscle people or threaten them, he is duplicitous and two-faced when he has to be. They're very well MP: The problem, then, is if all an Indian actor can get cast as is something like that.. that's definitely a problem. get here?" We found the one-year teacher retention rate at GDL in 2010-2011 was 79%; Green Dot Locke teachers, overall, were more highly educated than their . As expected, we found ourselves liking him a great deal, and we quickly came to a mutually agreeable arrangement for displaying his work. He opens up about the joys and challenges of being a new foster caregiver to two siblings. He said it's kind of a double We don't want to attack his words. I don't know what Russell's up to. Your masks are recreations of traditional ceremonial masks of the Inuit. I didn't have to say that much, just stand around tapping my feet. Col. Dave Webster runs this thing out of Columbus, 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? We need to come together as a global indigenous community. Our intent is not to criticize or alienate, rather to wonder why? As the film nears the end, the group progresses up a precarious waterfall, one of Hawkeye's friends, Uncas (Eric Schweig) is killed by the men tracking them, and he falls off the edge of the waterfall. Because they really need a sense of belonging and that sort of gives A GUEST AT THE GREAT MOHICAN GATHERING OF 1999. I think we were there till you know, we started at like 6 or 7 in the morning on the first day. If that's all you can get then, yeah, that's a problem. And I'm a damn hand with a harmonica! EARLY She wasn't as inward. ES: Yes, I have You know who that was? ES: Yeah, absolutely. It has been spoken about an awful lot. Although I was forcibly detached from my Inuit culture I always knew I was Inuit in my heart and I knew I had a real mother somewhere. Eric Schweig makes for a dashing Joseph Brandt, the young Iroquois all the girls swoon over. Certainly, we have a new found appreciation for interviewers! Faye Marie. COLLECTIBLES || Copyright ? A few final comments. MP: Any plans of showcasing them, or giving them their day in the sun? Filled up with all those bodies in there.. in the fort. ES: Oh yeah! time or was it just.. you know, "I'm just doing this"? 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. I haven't met them yet, but I'm going to sit down and try to talk to them and try to get them out of their shells somehow. We come from two different distinct worlds. Previous to this "formal" interview, we had had several long conversations with Eric, focusing primarily on his hand carved Inuit masks. I: How did you get on with the rest of the cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Jodhi May and Russell Means? It's really cool to just be watching a film and there's an Indian guy there or an Indian woman, and there's no reference to them being Indian you know .. it puts a more human face on us because people are so scared because of their own MP: The photo of the mask you described. on the cover of the book, is that 18th century or 19th century? you think, but I didn't see any women there well, a few, but there were GUYS everywhere, but no women. [Laugh]. MP: Okay, many people are sincerely anxious to see you in more films. So what if the film was not shot in the When you do that you really have to commit. I now work with homeless people in Winnipeg, Manitobawe feed them and clothe them. It's so cheesy. My birth name is Ray Dean Thrasher while my adopted legal name is Eric Kurt Schweig. They sold a lemon to the wrong person and find themselves reverting back to their old ways as mercenaries. MP: Do you remember what scene you were filming? But you know who they don't ban? Your character, Hawkeye, and Chingachgook. there seemed a sense of family. They haven't solved it. Even Daniel did. Eric Schweig The Missing Interview. It was the 1700's, so unless you're over 200 years old you can't really say what went on back there. Or, do you even think it should be an issue? You should do THIS!" MP: You're welcome. As you've read in the interview, a film project is likely to materialize. E: No, I didn't. like that. you've got Scots running around half naked and even in a period piece about Indians, just take The Last of the Mohicans for example .. You've got European born actors recreating roles from over 200 years ago. I am just concerned that whoever is doing it is pulling their weight. They could either. because they'll wind up either dead or in jail. It wasn't too heavy. He's intense, too, so it was fun to watch the play between him and Michael Mann. 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