Arthur Redcloud is a Native American actor, known for his role as
Hikuc in the 2015 film The Revenant.Redcloud is Navajo and grew up in
Window Rock, Arizona, on the Navajo reservation. He attended Haskell
Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas, then eventually settled
in Colleyville, Texas. Redcloud became a Christian in the early 2000s,
and while working as a part-time security guard for Gateway Church
when he was a police officer, he began attending weekend services in
2004.The Revenant was Redcloud's first role in a major feature film.
Before it, he had taken some acting classes and acted for two to three
years in low budget films. For his audition, Redcloud took time off
from his job as a fuel delivery driver and drove 635 miles from
Dallas, Texas to Santa Fe, New Mexico in one night to try out for the
part of Hikuc, a Pawnee man who comes to the aid of Hugh Glass (played
by Leonardo DiCaprio). After a call-back audition in Canada, he got
the part.To make the film, Redcloud said the actors frequently
rehearsed for 12 to 14 hours in the freezing cold near Calgary,
Alberta, and later in Argentina. He called the film a "spiritual
awakening" for him that not only brought him closer to his co-star
DiCaprio and the rest of the cast but made him appreciate how much
more difficult life was for everyone in the past. He said, "I think
we're forgetting about how hard it was for not just their ancestors,
but people like your own lineage of your family. What was it like for
your grandfather's grandfather to make it, and to get through
whatever."
Hikuc in the 2015 film The Revenant.Redcloud is Navajo and grew up in
Window Rock, Arizona, on the Navajo reservation. He attended Haskell
Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas, then eventually settled
in Colleyville, Texas. Redcloud became a Christian in the early 2000s,
and while working as a part-time security guard for Gateway Church
when he was a police officer, he began attending weekend services in
2004.The Revenant was Redcloud's first role in a major feature film.
Before it, he had taken some acting classes and acted for two to three
years in low budget films. For his audition, Redcloud took time off
from his job as a fuel delivery driver and drove 635 miles from
Dallas, Texas to Santa Fe, New Mexico in one night to try out for the
part of Hikuc, a Pawnee man who comes to the aid of Hugh Glass (played
by Leonardo DiCaprio). After a call-back audition in Canada, he got
the part.To make the film, Redcloud said the actors frequently
rehearsed for 12 to 14 hours in the freezing cold near Calgary,
Alberta, and later in Argentina. He called the film a "spiritual
awakening" for him that not only brought him closer to his co-star
DiCaprio and the rest of the cast but made him appreciate how much
more difficult life was for everyone in the past. He said, "I think
we're forgetting about how hard it was for not just their ancestors,
but people like your own lineage of your family. What was it like for
your grandfather's grandfather to make it, and to get through
whatever."
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