Tantoo Cardinal Interview SAG Awards 2024

US Weekly

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00:00 Congratulations on your nomination tonight.

00:02 Thank you.

00:02 How does it feel being nominated for Killers of the Flower Moon?

00:05 It's kind of fun.

00:06 You've worked in this industry for a long time.

00:11 Some of the biggest films, Dance of the Wolves.

00:14 What was it like working with Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio on this film?

00:17 It was great.

00:18 And then working with the pro, you've got a good eye and a way of communicating.

00:25 That's quite to the point.

00:28 And we had a conversation before we started shooting.

00:31 So it was kind of pretty clear.

00:35 You know, and it was busy.

00:40 There's a lot going on, right?

00:42 And so it was kind of limited, but really interesting milieu to be in.

00:56 You know, where there's so much wealth among our people, you know,

01:01 because in all the 50 years of work that I've been doing mostly,

01:05 wealth is not one of the issues that we're dealing with, you know?

01:11 Did you imagine when you took on this role that it would be

01:14 the huge success that it has been and that people would flock to this movie like they have?

01:18 Yeah.

01:20 Yeah, yeah.

01:22 I mean, Scorsese and big budget and yeah, well, I've been through dances with wolves, right?

01:31 So it was kind of a memory of that and almost an expectation, but it doesn't surprise me.

01:41 And I also think that there's something about our world that needs to be known.

01:50 And there's a lot of that kind of surfacing things that we should be knowing.

01:58 And so my indigenous world is a part of that.

02:02 So it's just kind of I've been watching our world kind of come to the surface.

02:08 This is a part of it.

02:09 And after starring in dances with wolves, you know, so many years ago,

02:14 how did this feel participating in this film after coming off that many years ago?

02:20 Did it feel like it was a full circle moment for you?

02:22 Not full circle, no.

02:25 But, you know, it's kind of like in the same river, the same river of things.

02:34 Because I've done a lot of things since then, you know, and there's been a progression.

02:43 I think dances allowed for an experience to hit mainstream in that people started to see us as

02:51 human beings because we were shot as human beings in that movie.

02:54 And so it kind of brought another layer, another plateau.

03:00 And so it allowed our stories to have another light, another angle.

03:09 And we move forward with that.

03:12 And so what I'm thinking about this is there's always a purpose.

03:16 There's always a reason.

03:18 This doesn't happen just because some guy in his office decided.

03:22 You know, it comes from a place that's beyond us, really.

03:27 And so I look for what's its purpose.

03:31 And I'm hoping what its purpose is, is something to do with politics,

03:37 something to do with the way we see our nations.

03:40 I don't know what it will be, but I think dances was helpful in terms of culture

03:48 and that society aspect.

03:51 So I don't know.

03:51 You know, I don't know what people are getting from this one.

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