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...just mentioned earlier, Ira Hayes has been portrayed on film several times: first by Lee Marvin in an NBC television special in 1960 and then by Tony Curtis in The Outsider. Why do you think it took Hollywood so long to cast an Indian in the role...
...screening was a mix of emotions. Ira's niece told me, "Now I know what Ira must have felt and why he didn't talk a lot." It was really emotional for the whole family because I don't think any of them really understood the specifics of what he went through. I don't think he told anybody about it. A lot of those veterans didn't talk about it. This film brings you to understand an epic battle, but it also shows how emotions are played out when it comes...
...ultimate achievement. Look at the history of Native American people in Hollywood: they have not been represented in a human way on film. I didn't want this role to be about stereotypes. Ira Hayes has been played before as this raging alcoholic who is angry at the world. But he's not. He's very proud. When he drank, it was just his way of coping. That's how a lot of veterans coped with their emotions. This isn't a one-dimensional only-Indians-drink-alcohol portrayal. He was a person fighting a battle. Here...
...Acting has made me embrace my childhood. It's become some weird form of therapy. It's like I have a place where I can release all of these emotions. When I was playing Ira Hayes, I didn't have to think about the death of my parents directly. It's just there. I can blend it into Ira's character. I can use Ira's emotions as an outlet. I can draw on this and say, "How does Ira feel about the death of his friends?" My body is not afraid to release that...
...profile of you, the Times of London wrote that in portraying Ira Hayes, you were "carrying the expectations of the Native American community on [your] shoulders." Is that so? And if so, is it fair...