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There were so many locations. It is fun because you can do morally reprehensible shit and get away with it. He also creates his own designs and concepts. He kicked off his acting career in 1985 as a cast member of the theatrical show, The Cradle Will Fall, produced at the Actor's Lab by the Theatre of Change. MP: It didn't leave you craving for the city lights? MP: Do you think society all societies. have lost their sense of nurturing and protecting. or seeing children for what they are? E: No, I don't think so at all. AMERICAN HISTORICAL SIMULATIONS Running 5 to 8 miles a day. You know, what goes around comes around. It's everybody's favorite spot. Historical films will always be. They could stand around and get suntanned. We haven't put anything on yet but we're planning on it. But it was us, except going over the waterfalls. It's not in the middle of downtown San Francisco where they He'd rap with the extras and . anybody who was around. If they were good sticks .. it was kind of a bummer .. it would've been a better game. Directing them, casting them, and what not.. but. so that's what I'd really like to see. Not to portray these times would be to "twist" history. MP: Do you see that on the other end of the spectrum too, with the elderly? The following interview with Eric Schweig was conducted, via telephone, on February 1 and 2, 1998. Although at one point they wanted to shave everybody's hair off. If you cultivate that, when he is 30 years old he would be the best possible asset for his community. That's no lie either. 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. their heart.. and it's pretty wild to watch them do these kind of things.. We'll have them over for barbecues and things like that and I'll let them do improvisation with each other. 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. understanding of who Eric is. MP: Do you have any relationship with your family? PATHFINDING || MESSAGE BOARD, STOREFRONTS! MP: I imagine they do! and I saw the most amazing art work in this school. But Russell Means (Chingachgook) said, "NO, I'm an Indian. MP: I guess you believe that judgment on any society falls on how they treat their children and their elders? EARLY Tell us about Andy Fraser, the character you're playing. MP: He's got quite a reputation for really getting into his roles. A few final comments. of the interview, we felt comfortable with him, and he with us. They sold a lemon to the wrong person and find themselves reverting back to their old ways as mercenaries. He worked most of the time. Gangster rap's fine for the individual who doesn't want to pick up a gun and . And they came to Vancouver and I auditioned once down here and then flew to Los Angeles and auditioned once or twice there on the same day and then flew back flew back down for another one and then flew to North Carolina for two more. Or maybe it would be a STOREFRONT || Eric is certainly a personable, well-spoken & easy-to-talk-to person. I don't know what either one of them is doing. Guide book STILL It's jacked up obviously for television so the story is more interesting. No one really knows, it should have gone in there Hopefully, it will be on the extended version when it's on video. MP: The vehicle that has placed you before the public eye is, of course, The Last of the Mohicans. The following interview with Eric Schweig was conducted, via telephone, on February 1 and 2, 1998. We went down to Columbus, Ga., for a month and trained in this anti-terrorist camp. I see a lot of people who look all over the place for answers, except inside themselves. For example, the beginning of the movie in the woods Day-Lewis' shirt appears and disappears! This is "Eric Schweig Demo 2016" by Eric Schweig on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. MP: The problem, then, is if all an Indian actor can get cast as is something like that.. that's definitely a problem. Could you tell him Eric said "hello"? You know Wes Studi's got his own film company and he's doing . [Wardancer Film Group] ES: Well, we did boycott the set one day because all the extras were getting shit on. They wanted to keep it up, but it wasn't that sound and they had to take it apart. MP: Well, you'll have to tell us about it because we've not seen it. Some of my friends are Mohawks. They were stiff, the leather in them was REALLY stiff, so you could carry it I. 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. it's not that big a deal whether they're historically correct or not because they never can be. I encourage kids to do this now. ES: Something I'm considering. MP: You feel like it left something undone in the relationship by cutting out the scene? Deidre phoned me up and told me . it's a contemporary thing where I play a sheriff. If that's all you can get then, yeah, that's a problem. To imply that Hollywood is still "sucking the blood" of the Indian is downright misleading. Should you instead be seen simply as an individual who has chosen acting as a profession? Let us digress we very much want to like Eric Schweig. So, by the time MP: What did you think of her being there? They haven't solved it. ignorance. "ALL THESE CHARACTERS ARE BASED ON FICTION!". Probably the fort scenes. MOHICANS Yeah, you know, I am a good guy. That Cooper's "history" was, in many ways, stunningly accurate? He runs Many Hawks Special Operations Camp in Columbus, Georgia where he Of Inuit and German descent, Eric Schweig is the star player of the Aboriginal Peoples Television Networks Gemini award-winning series Blackstone, which premieres Wednesday, January 11th. But there are so many questions we would like to ask of him! But we took care of them! He's pretty intense. 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. He's a hard worker. So I told everybody from the beginning. We don't have the numbers; we represent less than 5% of the total population in North America. People in New Zealand are getting this program but people in Seattle can't watch it. It would never have happened! E: I'll stay in movies until I can get enough money to buy a ranch in Montana, live the life of a hermit get 10 or 15 dogs sounds good, doesn't it? Some people don't know whether to love him or hate him. And it seems to me, we could have been more of a family unit. I: What were the good points about the film? He's a nice enough guy. Really.. if it were possible, we could work out something.. maybe we could do something to "showcase" the kids in your drama group. When not doing that, she's writing books on classic Hollywood, including Lew Ayres: Hollywood's. I: How did you get on with the rest of the cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Jodhi May and Russell Means? It's absurd. We have them back and now we can take care of them. If someone wants a reference like, "How was he to work with? It was kind of disappointing because it fit right in. ES: Yeah. I: Yes, I guess that's a little difficult to survive. That's why they cut that love scene out. No problem. MP: Yeah, Chimney Rock. You've known him as Uncas. 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 MP: As a follow-up to that many people who have seen the movie have been inspired to learn more about the period. How would he feel if film directors did not use native people in native roles? Available - Free Downloads Only! ES: Oh yeah! I assume that you didn't have much knowledge, before landing the role of Uncas, of the period history behind LOTM not only of 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. Zusammenfassung: An interview with the director of the series. MP: Do any of the locations stick out in your mind as a favorite place? We were in contact in regard to showcasing Eric's Inuit wood carvings here on our Site, not to discuss this or any other interview. A little better, though. What did you guys feel, or you personally, when you were filming those scenes? They're very well I: I saw the movie three times and honed in on the role of Uncas. 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. ES: Yeah, absolutely. There were also a few scenes cut out that should not have been. I now work with homeless people in Winnipeg, Manitobawe feed them and clothe them. ES: Actually, about three or four years ago I was sitting around the house with Vern Etzerza and, what's the name of the book? Have you seen the movie? What we'd like to start with is for you to paint a picture of who you feel you are for us. Eric Schweig and Arye Gross in "Big Eden." Out gay filmmaker Thomas Bezucha has a new film, "Let Him Go," now out in theaters. MOHICAN PRESS They employed 250 carpenters and they smacked it all up. E: Something like that. And, I play a lot of guitar. HISTORY || And they wanted us to have shaved heads. 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? You know, you gotta start somewhere and they're starting small but they're starting. Over near Lake James. It has been spoken about an awful lot. I'll do it. were there. It'll probably never happen, but if it came around, I would. All of a sudden they just start busting out. When you do that you really have to commit. Guide book STILL And, you know, it's the ES: Well .. it was more or less just business to me because nothing's ever historically correct. just dump you off and you're there. infringement! ES: Yeah, I just get a real charge out of it.. so does anybody who's listening. E: I think it was a mix. E: No, I don't! I lived in Toronto, which is right next to the Six Nations reserve. ES: I liked the ledge we were shooting on. You know. psychopaths running around. infringement! And I just like the idea of, like I said before [in a previous conversation], reaching back into time and duplicating the mask and taking them back from the people who stole You know, that's the impression people have. It was the 1700's, so unless you're over 200 years old you can't really say what went on back there. Just throw out a couple of opinions on working with her. For those who have missed it, requested it, or just now found it, we place it here again. Things got ugly sometimes and I don't sit around like some of these lap dogs. One in particular was your party's arrival at Fort William Henry. It's cool, everything's cool. well, it's getting better, I don't use it. Sitting out there in a big flotilla and it was really windy. If the movie makes $80 million, they don't care what I say. So what if the film was not shot in the The general public doesn't like you have to bring to the forefront. All the sets all the scenes a thousand extras at any given time running all over the place. 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: You know, in some ways though, contemporary pieces are worse because they're filled with all sorts of horrors and things that wouldn't happen in a million years. Blackstone's Eric Schweig provides some fun facts about his life. He is such an integral part of our favorite movie. MOHICANS Lifting weights for 3 or 4 hours, or drinking that funny milkshake with all those proteins in it. It's about me and this guy his name is Christoph and he's from France. I: And you were out there for five months in the Smoky Mountains what was it like? Well, I did in '92. Even so, it seems to us, one simply must dispute much of what he says. They take their sense of history and their wisdom MP: Is this role already accepted or is it something you're considering? Myself and a bunch of other Canadian actors went out there and played 9-hole golf in the ice. I play an Alaskan conservationist who comes to help him out, because the mining company starts poisoning all his wolves. Master Carver Eric Schweig (Ray Dean Thrasher) learned under the tutelage of renowned Tahltan carver Vern Etzerza. A war between blue coats and Indians. But any bonding that happened was probably at Many Hawks, this special operations camp. No, we don't have "Red River"! Invited to the conference to share his own experiences and perspectives, Eric was pleased to have the opportunity to speak on a topic close to his heart. MP: Okay. AMERICAN HISTORICAL SIMULATIONS Apparently they're shooting in Washington State. Before that I had no idea what they were doing up there. We chose to post them on this site because a great deal of it is relevant to the making of the movie and we felt most of you would be interested in reading it. Yeah, it's the most horrible death scene that I've ever done. Gregory Harrison . it take to coerce you to be there? It's become a horrible reality. SCRIPT || RIGHTS RESERVED - Use of material elsewhere - including text, images, and MENUS! [Laughter]. MP: How do feel about being cast in the real-life role of Indian activist? And their dogs too. Out of all the scenes that you did, what was the most difficult? ES: He was intense. E: Yes, with the Indians. He's pretty likeable. That's why we had, sometimes, 15 or 16 hour days. We love his portrayal of Uncas. The Cliff Trails. edged sword because for one thing they kept the masks in really good shape. MP: Please correct me if I'm getting the wrong assumptions here. They would have liked to have seen that scene kept in or at least the relationship more developed, alongside Hawkeye and Cora's. 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. You can find some of his films, including his two favorites, "Tom and Huck" and "Pontiac Moon", listed ES: Or even Vern. They reminded me of me. And they put in all kinds of unnatural fears into kids' minds, or potentially can. shit and it makes me nuts. Eric Schweig is a Canadian actor of mixed Inuvialuk, Chippewa-Dene and German heritage. I: The dialects in Mohicans what are they? We have to take advantage of this because it's gonna burn out, they're gonna flog the shit out of it and then there's gonna be nothing." I also am an adult survivor of abuse by my adoptive parents. I'm getting a script in a couple of days. It was huge. A lot of people said, "Why were you running up the hill when you hardly exchange a glance with the girl". I'd take a picture of every one of them, too! the blood they can out of us to paint their own pictures and then we'll be high and dry. MUSINGS || So, while you guys were filming this did you have any sense of bonding? 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. have anything to do with carving. Did you ever get a feeling of really being in that But Pierce Brosnan is barely bearable as Sir William Johnson, the tribe's self-anointed protector. in place of the word. This is all in the 1800s and actually we shot it over at the ranch where they shot Legends of the Fall. Right THERE! What was your relationship like with those two actors? ES: Well, as long as it doesn't come over this way! There is an endless amount of historical fact they dredge up from the past and twist it around and suck all the blood out of Indian people to paint their own pictures. They sort of fashioned him after Tony Soprano, I think. ES: Hmmm . Well, not . not really. Does he realize war and violence do really take place, even though we are "not born to hate each other"? that would be upsetting, too. That's where their home is and we're fighting over her Or WE start making films of our own, which a lot of us has. Ava Burnett. We actually talked them out of that! I didn't do a lot of talking. I'd go in there and buy 50 CDs at a time. ES: Oh, that took all night. You know what? EARLY But you know, it's expected. As you've read in the interview, a film project is likely to materialize. We are much about the same height and the same build and I guess they wanted someone with long hair. My birth name is Ray Dean Thrasher while my adopted legal name is Eric Kurt Schweig. If there's any kind of panic, it started at the top with the producers. I: Do you think it's promoting your career in the way you would like it to? 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