Mixed actress chosen to play Pocahontas in new Malick film
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(Thanks to Anthony Yuen for this one!) The Los Angeles Times interviews actress Q’Orianka Kilcher, who has been chosen to play Pocahontas in Terrence Malick’s upcoming historical epic, The New World. The film is about explorer John Smith and the clash between Native Americans and English settlers in the 17th century.
…at age 14 — “I was just a baby” — she was chosen over a host of much older and more established performers to star in “New World.” She hadn’t a clue who Malick was before she got the film and just recently saw his last movie, 1998’s “The Thin Red Line.” She hadn’t heard of Colin Farrell, either. (He plays opposite her as Capt. John Smith in the Jamestown saga.)
…She’s excited by the prospect of creating several gowns for the various premieres of “The New World” (which opens Dec. 25) and mentions she’d also like to own a record company and help the native cultures in South America; she’s part Quecha/Huachipa Indian.
The actress, who’s Alaskan/Swiss on her mother’s side, was born in Schweigmatt, Germany. “My mother left home when she was 16 and started traveling around the world and met my dad in South America, had me in Germany and went traveling around the world,” she says.
lbell08 wrote:
Jewel’s cousin, dontcha know.
Posted 07 Nov 2005 at 11:02 pm ¶
Poke a ho's ass wrote:
Let me guess - White imperialist impresses Native princess by slaughtering her tribe. Then, she bangs! Take 589, ACTION!
Posted 14 Nov 2005 at 8:06 pm ¶
phil wrote:
I’ve heard First Nations people see Pocahontas as a traitor, not a romantic figure like Caucasions do. They see the story as eurocentric, a symbol of colonization and genocide (i.e. the white (male)hero rescuses the maiden from her oppressive culture). Generally, Asians see Miss Saigon and Madame Butterfly in the same way.
Posted 23 Nov 2005 at 3:46 pm ¶
Poke a ho’s ass wrote:
Well, the Native Americans were also distantly Asiatic, so there’s some direct parallels here. One can also see the future of Asian-Americans when they assimilate away from Asian culture, preserve White culture and the women all marry Whites. Within a few generations, the group will commit cultural autogenocide and peeter out into a “Chinese grandmother” heritage amongst Whites - along with an isolated minority of full-bred Asian-Americans.
Well, Darwinian sexual selection at its finest…
Posted 29 Nov 2005 at 1:32 pm ¶