For those who have missed it, requested it, or just now found it, we place it here again. MP: Why did you specifically choose the Inuit Spirit masks as the subject of your carvings? ES: Yeah, they could have it's all politics. E: This was a part of the thing that didn't get developed properly. We wish him a lot of success in all his endeavors and thank him for taking the time to speak Enjoy! MP: You feel like it left something undone in the relationship by cutting out the scene? Mohican Press - ALL He is corrupt and if he can't get what he wants done one way, he'll get it done another. What was the most trying on you personally? but you couldn't cradle it as well. Was it meant to be like that? Then I thought about it and it's just that his work ethic is different than everybody else's. 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. 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. I: Well, I've learned a lot today from you and I really thank you for all the time you've given me. No, we don't have "Red River"! I don't get it because those are our babies. I know On days when it got really hot they would carry two or three guys off with the heat. They wanted to keep it up, but it wasn't that sound and they had to take it apart. Sometimes I felt like I wanted to scream or something. 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. I'll never forget his annoying voice. It's box office numbers. MP: Any plans of showcasing them, or giving them their day in the sun? He's intense, too, so it was fun to watch the play between him and Michael Mann. MP: Please correct me if I'm getting the wrong assumptions here. They just. a lot of it was really dark but it was incredible. Was she just a pleasant observer or. ES: Yeah. I. He was into powder rifles and stuff like that. them have had really, really rough lives. to say the least. All I expect from anybodyand this is what I like about Blackstoneis that people on the show can do their job. E: Yes, it was. MP: OK, take all the movies you've been in if you could only be in one of them again, which one would it be? MP: Okay, many people are sincerely anxious to see you in more films. Available - Free Downloads Only! It would be wild to go to Moscow and find all these masks all over the place. I didn't do a lot of talking. Ava Burnett. [Laughter] We just stood there with those guys. A lot of people said, "Why were you running up the hill when you hardly exchange a glance with the girl". what makes it fun to watch. It's there with each of these kids, though, and they'll carry that with them. If you do good things, good things will happen. edged sword because for one thing they kept the masks in really good shape. Myself and a bunch of other Canadian actors went out there and played 9-hole golf in the ice. ES: No, not when I was there. I guess it turned out alright. You know what? Even in the 70s, or the 80s . the early 80s. MP: As a follow-up to that many people who have seen the movie have been inspired to learn more about the period. (A boyish laughter interrupts the train of thought.). Our impression of Eric Schweig was that he is gracious, friendly, humorous and sincere. We had a really deep love scene in the cave and they cut that out completely. We're curious about Jodhi May's mother. But I made the bottom of the mask protrude a little bit more. I don't know. He'd rap with the extras and . anybody who was around. EARLY These kids are our future and they're gonna end up going to bat for us when we're sitting around at 80 years old on the front porch. before it was a tad more difficult than we'd anticipated. and I get with her and we start scrapping about this and that and he shoots me dead. I: Do you think it's promoting your career in the way you would like it to? 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: [Laughter] Yeah! Over near Lake James. 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. I think, anyway. He said it's kind of a double 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? MP: Then they'll be there for future generations? Born: June 19th 1967 Height: 6'2 Weight: 210lbs Eyes: brn Hair: blk Marital Status: none Heritage/Tribe: Inuit/German country: Canada I: Yes, it does. Some people don't know whether to love him or hate him. The James Fenimore Cooper book was fiction! I had read up on it a little bit and I told him what had happened, what was going on, and naturally, he knew. Hollywood will flog it to death. So, by the time A film that tries to cover too much historical ground at least 40 years in too little screen time and winds up becoming a bore because of it. ES: Yeah, it's the same way. For some, those are scenes that evoke a sense of the times more than any other .. they really hit you. 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? 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 And that works to create a well-rounded villain. The people at the music store said. when I said "Well, we're almost done here. You were cut by a Huron. MP: Supposedly.. Uncas was. We just see the rushes. But Russell Means (Chingachgook) said, "NO, I'm an Indian. Blackstone's Eric Schweig provides some fun facts about his life. I had no idea. COURIER || And we didn't finish till, I don't know, 11, 12 something like that, anyway. That's what these guys do in the movies. a half, two years ago, Jessica State . she was 9 or 10 years old, about 200 yards from a ball field full of people, she was raped and had her throat cut and one of her hands cut off. AMAZON.COM/LOTM STOREFRONT. PATHFINDING || Nobody knows EXACTLY what went on. ES: Yeah. Let us digress we very much want to like Eric Schweig. 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. But that was a superb scene! Besides that, he's a pretty private person. 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. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. COURIER || ES: Madeleine.. She was fine, you know. 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: Oh yeah, Lake James. It's pretty cool, and that's part of the whole process. He opens up about the joys and challenges of being a new foster caregiver to two siblings. They haven't solved it. Why they go stir crazy and they forget . and they loose their memories? AMERICAN HISTORICAL SIMULATIONS Was that ever filmed? Mohawks all over the place! That was fun. Anyway, Vern picked it up one day and said "Hey, this is wild, man. Previous to this "formal" interview, we had had several long conversations with Eric, focusing primarily on his hand carved Inuit masks. They can get egotistical. A few final comments. If you don't love what you're doing then don't do it. MOHICAN PRESS You know, you can't just take a couple of whacks at it with an adze and take off for three weeks and come back and do it, it will take forever. 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. before it was a tad more difficult than we'd anticipated. anti-anybody. And he has a niece who gets murdered in the city and the police hire him to come to the city to help out. He has said elsewhere that he credits his girlfriend Gail and his agent Deidre Sam with helping him in his recovery. No problem. Perhaps much is taken out of context. Some people actually got hurt. Daniel, he's pretty laid back, to say the least. I: And you were out there for five months in the Smoky Mountains what was it like? I have done bit parts in Bordertown and The Black Stallion. 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. One of our problems is finding a voice and speaking up, speaking out really loud too, if you want to. Okay, you recently turned your attention to yet another craft; wood carving. films. And I'm a damn hand with a harmonica! E: I've been with PRIME TALENT for about three years and they audition all over the United States and Canada. There is no question that the American Indians have been one of the most mistreated peoples in history, certainly on this continent. ES: Well, as long as it doesn't come over this way! I work with sex trade workers and I try to hook them up with agencies that can help them. Personal use on your own home PC is permissible! And if he could magnify that with a damned megaphone, he was happy as hell. Eric Schweig and Arye Gross in "Big Eden." Out gay filmmaker Thomas Bezucha has a new film, "Let Him Go," now out in theaters. HISTORY || Hopefully, his voice will be heard on this; his "activism" emulated. I can't remember which scene it was. He is such an integral part of our favorite movie. ES: Yeah, start sending out pamphlets to customs [Laughs], just to tell them . MP: Okay. infringement! MP: Do you see that on the other end of the spectrum too, with the elderly? Year by year. 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? People, Indian or otherwise, are not born to hate each other. ES: You know, I don't know where the collection is. Does he realize war and violence do really take place, even though we are "not born to hate each other"? 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. That's Andy Fraser. of the interview, we felt comfortable with him, and he with us. If you're ever in Asheville, there's a guy that ran the restaurant downstairs from the hotel. So, by the time of the interview, we felt comfortable with him, and he with us. As a former foster child himself, he knows all too well the obstacles that youth can face when growing up in care. At first it took us about a minute or a minute and a half when we first got a hold of them to get them ready to fire. E: I got along with everybody! As a former foster child himself, he knows all too well the obstacles that youth can face when growing up in care. MOHICANS Guide book STILL 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. Lots of it, and we have to control it. Does he? COURIER || They were in the islands? MP: He's been real busy.. doing quite well. place? If that's all you can get then, yeah, that's a problem. I've never been, well.. they treated me like royalty. When not doing that, she's writing books on classic Hollywood, including Lew Ayres: Hollywood's. ES: You know what? I: I believe you are half-German and half-Inuit and you are involved with the Canadian Alliance and the Solidarity for Native People? I: Some of the scenes, especially in the canoes - was that really you guys? ES: Basically, yeah. Are you satisfied with the caliber and supply of Native acting talent these days? Sometimes on the set they have raunchy attitudes and I'd rather be away from it. .. We'd sit and talk about playing guitar. 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. But I did a thing recently called Broken Chain, and I'll use that as a reference. We could work out something. 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 . Eric Schweig is a Canadian actor of mixed Inuvialuk, Chippewa-Dene and German heritage. We haven't put anything on yet but we're planning on it. Out of all the scenes that you did, what was the most difficult? They reminded me of me. Why do you think Blackstone is so popular? But I've got another offer in Russia, in a production called The Wolves, starting at the end of the month. Maybe Vern and I can take one of them out there. Uhm hmm. We hung out with him a lot. Because they really need a sense of belonging and that sort of gives MP: That's about a hundred years or so. Does he know that the six nations are of the Iroquois, and the Mohawks are one of the six? Copyright 1997 - 2020 by I guess it worked out. I never met my biological mother. If they were operable it would have been more fun. [Laughs] They're not making Spaghetti Westerns. There are a couple of words we just couldn't make out, indicated by a [??] It's a DAMN sight better than movies they had in the 50s. It's kind of difficult.. You see a lot of, well, I [Laughing! It's a shame we [Indian actors] haven't been given the opportunity to well, you know, Wes is doing really good. He's all business. MP: I imagine they do! E: Something like that. We're heading out." How would he feel if film directors did not use native people in native roles? Making it more subtle? ES: Yeah, I just get a real charge out of it.. so does anybody who's listening. But they didn't! And so, it has to start with YOU. But there was some kind of beef with the production company and the North Carolina tourism division. All kids want to do now is rap, which is great and I understand when you turn 15 or 16 you want to express yourself. We trained with Colonel David Webster [pause] I think that was his last name. You can find some of his films, including his two favorites, "Tom and Huck" and "Pontiac Moon", listed MOVIE TITLE: The Last of the Mohicans. RIGHTS RESERVED - Use of material elsewhere - including text, images, and And it has a real Eric Schweig The Missing Interview. MOHICANS All three of us stood there with them. a couple of days and then meet the director, I guess. Please Note: This interview is the property of Mohican Press. Okay, I just want to backtrack just a little bit. It was probably [name omitted] He's the 1st AD. Please do not reproduce it, in any form, without our permission. Massive games; twice the size of a football field and we are, MP: Regarding the children's drama group that you're involved in . your girlfriend's name is Gail? LINKS MP: The concept of art for art's sake is somewhere in there, but what is your main objective in recreating the spirit masks? 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. You downgrade, or downplay, other situations in a movie in order to boost you know, like it or not Madeleine Stowe and Daniel Day-Lewis were the stars in that and that's what Ex mercenaries that have seen and done horrible things decide to retire and open up a used car lot. Because it took so long to shoot, six months to shoot that and so many things went on. We should be running around and, . not running around.. but we should be in, you know, suits.. like everybody else. in normal clothes. There were so many locations. went to a school to speak in Denver. Would it be accurate to say you're attracted to the arts in general? Did you feel close? I see a lot of people who look all over the place for answers, except inside themselves. 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. Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Misha Collins, Alexander Calvert, Sarah Troyer, Jonathan Cherry, Eric Schweig Writer: Davy Perez, series created by Eric Kripke Director: Nina Lopez-Corrado . shoot. People are treating kids like animals. The effect of the battle between you and Magua was very dramatic. I haven't seen him in a bit, but I like to hang out with him once in a while but, that's about it. RIGHTS RESERVED - Use of material elsewhere - including text, images, and 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. The ramifications and issues surrounding interracial/cultural adoption are, ES: Yeah, they couldn't have two different love stories going on at once. But people still, especially kids who have this .. it changes the way they see things. STOREFRONT || Has Eric ever heard of "running the gauntlet"? But it was us, except going over the waterfalls. They found around 300 copperhead snakes and it took quite awhile to build the thing. Your character, Hawkeye, and Chingachgook. there seemed a sense of family. I don't like to refer to it as a reference. But, you don't see you know what you don't see? in place of the word. love interest. MP: And as opposed to what you do .. acting . doesn't that put you in the spotlight? It was stupid not to! But it's good for them because they have so much to offer, these kids, and some of [Laughs] He was just So, it it is somewhat difficult to have to knock his words. Did he really think the movie would "stink"? 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 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. Nothing like that . Perhaps things were twisted by the editing of the interview. MP: Do you think society all societies. have lost their sense of nurturing and protecting. or seeing children for what they are? [More laughter]. Was it just a kiss? They'll suck all This is all in the 1800s and actually we shot it over at the ranch where they shot Legends of the Fall. We had a love scene that was cut out. MP: Yeah! MP: It didn't leave you craving for the city lights? Tell us about Andy Fraser, the character you're playing. When Dances With Wolves came out, the whole thing, it just blew the doors wide open for period pieces about Indian people. [Laughter]. As you've read in the interview, a film project is likely to materialize. I used to hate it but I got used to them after awhile. Accessibility or. ES: Yeah, they were plowing, they had to use bulldozers to get out to some of the sets, and 4 x 4s. Madeleine Stowe. But after practicing, after a They worked everybody like dogs, so that was the only beef anyone had. I've always been into that, ever since I was a kid. I love working with everyone on it. I: What were the good points about the film? 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, I think it's called Across Continents, something like that, but it's [picture of the mask] right on the cover of it. 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