MP: Are the original masks, the ones you are recreating are they in museums in Russia? 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. COURIER || Being brothers, we would be the same. it's not that big a deal whether they're historically correct or not because they never can be. In Gees, about time!!! ES: After I left the Mohicans, I said, "I hope I never see him again." Regarding Vern They could stand around and get suntanned. So, that's what I'm going to try to do with these guys this week. 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. STOREFRONT || It's so cheesy. Gangster rap's fine for the individual who doesn't want to pick up a gun and . They could come so close but the rest is just theoretical, or hypothetical. Nobody gives a [Laughter]. But when Daniel walks into the Huron village he almost gets his brains knocked out. We come from two different distinct worlds. But you know, it's expected. Probably the fort scenes. HISTORY || I was adopted at six months of age. ES: Yes, I'd rather be seen as an individual who chooses acting as a profession. That's Andy Fraser. A speech was given by actor-adoptee Eric Schweig on February 19, 1999 at the Vancouver Inner City Foster Care Conference. There are some we really WISH we asked. Faye Marie. ES: No, not really. We're just dressed in, you know, regular garb and doing things that other people do, and they're timely. ES: No, not when I was there. It could have been developed more. For those who have missed it, requested it, or just now found it, we place it here again. Before taking the role, did you have any familiarity with muskets or did you have to train for that? E: I think they wanted that, but the height did come into it. There was really very little dialogue between the two of you, but, you both presented a very strong relationship on film despite the lack of dialogue. The more the merrier. All the sets all the scenes a thousand extras at any given time running all over the place. like a sauna in the summertime. MP: I understand you worked with horses in that film. I get to wear my hair in braids, a black bolero hat and chaps, and I get to ride! RIGHTS RESERVED - Use of material elsewhere - including text, images, and MP: He's got quite a reputation for really getting into his roles. MESSAGE BOARD, STOREFRONTS! There were so many locations. That's who you have to focus on. MENUS! So what was it like to work with Michael Mann? I try to say this to kids: It has to do with that fear of success. They employed 250 carpenters and they smacked it all up. But you know, for what it's worth, Last of the Mohicans, it's a good movie. ES: Something I'm considering. I: Now to the slew of questions! and.. of course they're not gonna care and they're gonna forget everything. ES: Well, we did boycott the set one day because all the extras were getting shit on. E: No, I don't! You know, bad things happened to me and I left home. and I did bad things. If that's all you can get then, yeah, that's a problem. [laughs] I don't know what I now work with homeless people in Winnipeg, Manitobawe feed them and clothe them. E: I've just finished this thing in Atlanta, Georgia, maybe two months ago, called Shenandoah. ES: Yeah, all up and down there; all over here. Personal use on your own home PC is permissible! ES: Or even Vern. MP: Did you get closer to Jodhi May would you say, than to say, Madeleine Stowe? passionate, heartfelt, and poignantly expressed. MP: Do you remember what scene you were filming? Eric Schweig is a Canadian actor of mixed Inuvialuk, Chippewa-Dene and German heritage. Was that difficult to achieve? They scratched the money together and made T-shirts. Our intent is not to criticize or alienate, rather to wonder why? I: The editing in the film is a little off sometimes. with us. But after practicing, after a Guide book STILL MP: Though we feel The Last of the Mohicans is your best film, certainly the most popular MP: I sense a certain dissatisfaction within you regarding that film. MP: And as opposed to what you do .. acting . doesn't that put you in the spotlight? Since we came upon, posted, and discussed the above interview, both here and on the WWW Board, we have had the good fortune to be able to talk with Eric Schweig directly. ES: He was intense. But that's all right. I love working with everyone on it. It's also the truth that you have to do something about it. Your character, Hawkeye, and Chingachgook. there seemed a sense of family. LINKS Hopefully, his voice will be heard on this; his "activism" emulated. People from all over the world. you know, and isn't psychotic. I also am an adult survivor of abuse by my adoptive parents. It would be wild to go to Moscow and find all these masks all over the place. It was stupid not to! SOUNDTRACK || E: I got along with everybody! Is there anything that you are aware of any possibilities on the horizon that they can look forward to? With the village? I'd take a picture of every one of them, too! E: No, I didn't. to see that kind of ugliness but it's the truth. He's a nice guy. Gregory Harrison . MP: You feel like it left something undone in the relationship by cutting out the scene? 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. I: Did you have to be really physically fit? Early life [ edit] Schweig was born in Inuvik, Northwest Territories. MP: True. We wish him a lot of success in all his endeavors and thank him for taking the time to speak Sitting out there in a big flotilla and it was really windy. Things usually turn out if you do it that way. Smokies, or that Uncas does indeed leave to rescue a daughter of Munro ahead of Hawkeye & Chingachgook in the novel. MP: I imagine they do! We were shooting assault shotguns together, and flintlocks, and hanging out getting to know each other. MP: Okay. All three of us stood there with them. Do you really feel as though you're making a departure from yourself? It's sort of, if you think about it, it kind of leaves the audience going, "How did all these guys and I saw the most amazing art work in this school. And the colors. the picture that was taken of this mask, the colors were a bit off. ES: If I'm not working, yep! Anyway, Vern picked it up one day and said "Hey, this is wild, man. E: I caught that myself! MP: That's about a hundred years or so. them have had really, really rough lives. to say the least. .. We'd sit and talk about playing guitar. MOHICANS [More laughter]. effects - without our expressed, written permission, constitutes copyright Unfortunately, people just eat that stuff up! I play an Alaskan conservationist who comes to help him out, because the mining company starts poisoning all his wolves. And it has a real You should do a mask. 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 . Does he know that the six nations are of the Iroquois, and the Mohawks are one of the six? time or was it just.. you know, "I'm just doing this"? It was a real pleasure to have the opportunity to talk with Eric. Would it be as you just described .. to retake possession of them? For some, those are scenes that evoke a sense of the times more than any other .. they really hit you. ES: Hmmm . Well, not . not really. Historical films will always be. That and the part where Alice jumps from the cliff are some of the finest in the film! Yeah, they're making they're redeeming themselves. Why do you think Blackstone is so popular? Interviewing is something we hadn't done We don't want to attack his words. ES: No, I haven't. Copyright 1997 - 2020 by That's where their home is and we're fighting over her I don't get it because those are our babies. I don't mind period pieces as long as it's something positive and not negative. MP: What was your favorite scene in the movie? ES: Yes. Was she just a pleasant observer or. ES: Yeah. And who they focus on and who they promote is gangster rap. it's burnt out. I don't believe He said it's kind of a double E: The terrific points about the movie was the cinematography on the locations and the costumes. MP: What did you think of her being there? Probably in a little while. but, I'll get the script in Hollywood will flog it to death. I just wish this had a bit more exposure down in the States. We're heading out." Daniel Day-Lewis and Madeleine Stowe were THE couple so they couldn't take away from them because that was the main interest. (A boyish laughter interrupts the train of thought.). Eric Schweig. just dump you off and you're there. 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? Was it meant to be like that? MUSINGS || them to do. Please Note: This interview is the property of Mohican Press. They could either. because they'll wind up either dead or in jail. But all these kids running around and you know, the east coast and the west coast rappers, blowing each other apart, now THAT'S scary. ES: Oh, that took all night. shells, especially the quiet ones the really, really inward teenagers. 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? ES: There's about 14 or 15 kids in it and we get together.. actually, I'm waiting for some plays to come in to a local bookstore here. We go down to the gym and I just. my girlfriend and I, we look around for different monologues and scenes for Filled up with all those bodies in there.. in the fort. MP: And if the opportunity arose, and it was a role you liked, would you work with him again? Enjoy! Other than that, everybody got along. Yeah, you know, just like locusts. He will muscle people or threaten them, he is duplicitous and two-faced when he has to be. I: Yes, it does. We were shooting [?? We had a really deep love scene in the cave and they cut that out completely. 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?" But I made the bottom of the mask protrude a little bit more. Tell us about Andy Fraser, the character you're playing. 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. I: Was it all shot outdoors or were there any indoor shots, i.e., like the cabin scene? I am a resource assistant for youth, I work in the street. They do them and it comes right from MP: The photo of the mask you described. on the cover of the book, is that 18th century or 19th century? MP: There was a strong feeling of familial bond between your character, Uncas, your older step-brother Hawkeye, played by Daniel Day-Lewis, and your father Chingachgook, played by Russell Means. 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 AMERICAN HISTORICAL SIMULATIONS PATHFINDING || 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. ES: I liked killing all those guys on the side of the cliff. trains action stars in the use of different tactical weapons. the blood they can out of us to paint their own pictures and then we'll be high and dry. Some of my friends are Mohawks. Blackstone Season 1 - "The Ladies Want to Know" 48,230 views Nov 24, 2011 217 Dislike Share Save BlackstoneTheSeries 1.14K subscribers Eric Schweig answers questions about Last of the. I keep trying to get people to get into acting so we have someone who can focus on just being a funny guy or a bad guy or a psycho or a love interest. like boxing in a telephone booth. But there are so many questions we would like to ask of him! That 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. E: No, I don't think so at all. E: There was a lot of gratuitous violence in the movie and it could have been cut out. Directing them, casting them, and what not.. but. so that's what I'd really like to see. ES: Yeah, they couldn't have two different love stories going on at once. 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? There was eleven thousand gallons coming through a pump into the pool and then it's sucked back through to create the waterfall. Gorgeous Men. ES: Yeah, Wes was cool. Running 5 to 8 miles a day. E: I don't know maybe I was the right height! Until Indian people can gain something of a creative role, then the cold hard facts about that, is that you need money. 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 don't think. Since his feature debut in the 1990 drama The Shamans Source, Schweig has made an impressive mark on the acting world in such productions as Squanto: A Warriors Tale, The Scarlet Letter, Ron Howards The Missing, Cowboys and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story, Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis, Cashing In, Casino Jack, and the Emmy-winning Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. LINKS Just HUGE games. MP: So, on the set then, he would just do a scene and then go off by himself? There's this woman Claudia who's the They said "We'll miss you!" He's got a real character face. MP: Have you had any contact with her since filming LOTM? We haven't put anything on yet but we're planning on it. Those guys running around in the wool were so uncomfortable. And they wanted us to have shaved heads. And that works to create a well-rounded villain. They were doing illegal tampering with time cards, skimming hours off time cards and the make-up artists went on strike. You know, he hung out and he talked to . anybody. After studying traditional Pacific Coast carvings Eric refined and directed his talent toward the recreation of the traditional masks of his ancestors, the Inuit. MOHICAN PRESS 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. Out of all the scenes that you did, what was the most difficult? GATHERINGS || 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. I: And I presume the Hurons were speaking French? effects - without our expressed, written permission, constitutes copyright ES: Well, that's hard to say because mostly all I did was run. Do you have a message for these people? I: You mentioned earlier about your hair. ES: Well, you know, it's a period piece. 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. Anything that had to do with the fort . because it was hot in there and it was stuffy. on our Book Store page. Massive games; twice the size of a football field and we are, COLLECTIBLES || I really like it and I love shopping there. 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. Year by year. E: The only stage shot was the waterfall and the cave. But when someone shouts at me, I shout back! We were in Columbus, Georgia for about a month. 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 Their living conditions were bad, like one loo [bathroom] for 400 guys. Over near Lake James. ES: Yeah, Asheville's really nice. Even at night. [Laughter] "Hold on! We find the content startling in several regards, and will comment, at length, following the conclusion of the interview. ES: Yeah, but I understand the reason why. Sometimes I felt like I wanted to scream or something. But we took care of them! It's there with each of these kids, though, and they'll carry that with them. ES: Yeah, it's the same way. I went over to his hotel and sat around with him. in Deep Rising. an Inuit duo! AMERICAN HISTORICAL SIMULATIONS Etzerza, who has been Eric's carving "guru"; in previous conversations Eric has said Vern and he have known each other a long time and he considers Vern to be one of his best buddies. It wasn't too heavy. EARLY impact, and it's art imitating life and vice versa. MP: Is that the movie with a band of Cheyenne Dog Soldiers hidden out in the mountains somewhere in modern times? All they want to do is restrict native roles to native people. ES: I don't know, they should have stuck it in there. It was shot in Vancouver and I talked to Wes after he finished it. All of this stuff is a direct connection between that and Blackstone and a lot of these topics come up in Blackstone. The Cliff Trails. I walked the streets with holes in my shoes and I stood in line at soup kitchens. E: There are six different nations in the Mohawk nation. So, by the time ES: Yeah.it's a.. yeah. find your voice, man, you can't shut up! I think a lot of them are. Eric Schweig The Missing Interview - YouTube 0:00 / 2:10 Eric Schweig The Missing Interview Ogichidaawi 414 subscribers 174K views 14 years ago Eric Schweig interview from The. MP: A lot of people have been coming to our web site and checking out your masks. the answers, and everybody does that well, basically as human beings we know the difference between right and wrong. unless they start writing scripts about contemporary things. I didn't see a hell of a lot of women in that movie. But period pieces have always been, and always will be, because of their way of Sometimes on the set they have raunchy attitudes and I'd rather be away from it. We won't have a leg to stand on STOREFRONT || If there's any kind of panic, it started at the top with the producers. Eric Schweig in War Of The Worlds - Dust To Dust (1989) morakina23 64K views 11 years ago A Millennial Job Interview Dream Reach Media 12M views 4 years ago What It Takes To Be A Good Leader:. This may be bad energy but it is energy nonetheless and that is power. Indians.. one of the worst. [Laughing! You seem to be down on period pieces because they cast Indians in loin cloths and stuff like that. ES: Yeah, as opposed to a few years ago, it's reasonably quiet, yeah. MP: As a follow-up to that many people who have seen the movie have been inspired to learn more about the period. They sold a lemon to the wrong person and find themselves reverting back to their old ways as mercenaries. MP: That's true. And I love to be around the sets, learning things. I didn't think it would make this much money! If they take VERY good care of them you know. 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