An acquaintance of mine was hired to teach the primary cast members of that movie about frontier life and how to handle the weapons. he took them into the woods near Ft Benning and had them camp for several days without modern conveniences. Must have been interesting watching those spoiled actors roughing it. I think they were all there except maybe the blonde sister.
Turned out he was fairly impressed with them all and how they handled it. The most interesting comment he made was about Russell Means. He saw him several times without a shirt on and could see the bullet wounds he got at Wounded Knee. He also was impressed that the man was the real thing and not a person to be trifled with.
Several of the primitive weapons he had built were used in the movie, including some of his flintlocks. He was also in some of the background shots. He had a blast doing it and made some good money along the way.
Daniel Day Lewis went to great lengths to be in character from what I’ve read.
An acquaintance of mine was hired to teach the primary cast members of that movie about frontier life and how to handle the weapons. he took them into the woods near Ft Benning and had them camp for several days without modern conveniences. Must have been interesting watching those spoiled actors roughing it.
The same thing was done by Oliver Stone when he was preparing to film Platoon. He and Dale Dye, USMC, Vietnam, took the actors to the jungles of the Philippines and had them live like infantry soldiers for a week. Day and night, Dye and Stone never let up on them.
Here is a documentary of the making of Platoon and how the actors were treated during their "basic" out in the jungles. Stone had proper credentials to write and direct the film. He did one tour in Vietnam as an infantryman and LRRP with the 25th Infantry, and a second tour with the 1/7 Cav. Purple Heart, Bronze Star with V. At 42 seconds of the documentary, there is a picture of Stone. Looks like he just returned to base from a mission. Note the "1,000 Yard Stare."
FWIW.
L.W.
"Always go straight forward, and if you meet the devil, cut him in two and go between the pieces." (William Sturgis, clipper ship captain, 1830s.)
An acquaintance of mine was hired to teach the primary cast members of that movie about frontier life and how to handle the weapons. he took them into the woods near Ft Benning and had them camp for several days without modern conveniences. Must have been interesting watching those spoiled actors roughing it. I think they were all there except maybe the blonde sister.
Turned out he was fairly impressed with them all and how they handled it. The most interesting comment he made was about Russell Means. He saw him several times without a shirt on and could see the bullet wounds he got at Wounded Knee. He also was impressed that the man was the real thing and not a person to be trifled with.
Several of the primitive weapons he had built were used in the movie, including some of his flintlocks. He was also in some of the background shots. He had a blast doing it and made some good money along the way.
Daniel Day Lewis went to great lengths to be in character from what I’ve read.
I think he does that in all his roles. If you've seen My Left Foot you get an idea what he is capable of. Bobby said he was all in on learning about the primitive ways from him.
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
You know, I never give it much thought! Gettysburg, The Alamo, and The Battle Of The Little Bighorn, have captured my mind over the years. Any of these 3, I’d be on like white on rice! The Old Man fought in The Battle Of The Bulge, In The 2nd Armored Division, if they made a decent remake of it, telling the whole true history, (I heard Ike walked out, half way through) :(, I would love do see a historically accurate version done) that too. I ain’t much of an actor, but I can play it straight. and lie through my teeth if somebody’s trying to frame me! Don’t ask! 7mm
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