EUGENE BRAVE ROCK
Eeeeeeeeeeee, much excitement!
Eugene Brave Rock is the mysterious Native American hero in the highly-anticipated Wonder Woman movie to be released in 2017. But who will he be playing? Sadly, we still don’t know because Brave Rock isn’t allowed to tell us…at least not yet.
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Back in March, ICTMN revealed a key moment in the Batman vs. Superman movie in which Bruce Wayne sees a photograph on his computer with Wonder Woman standing next to a mysterious Native American man (and three other soldiers) in an image from World War I. (See :57 seconds into below video)
To date, there is little to no information online about the character. We can only speculate that he might be one of the the characters either Apache Chief or Lone Shadow which has appeared in Justice League comics and cartoons.
Eugene Brave Rock spoke with ICTMN, and shared one bit of information. “I am only allowed to say I was in London for five months filming the Wonder Woman movie. That is all I am allowed to say,” said Brave Rock. He does add, “It was an amazing experience.”
That’s it. No spoilers, no character name, no insider news … that’s all Eugene Brave Rock could tell us. He says everything about his part is top secret. “When I was auditioning, they didn’t even tell me it was for Wonder Woman.”
Brave Rock did say that director Patty Jenkins — the first female director of a major DC franchise movie — and DC Comics were extremely respectful of Brave Rock’s Native heritage.
“DC really let me have a voice. Usually movies have a lot of do’s and dont’s and they tell you you have to do things a certain way, but in this case, even with wardrobe, it was awesome. In the end, they let me decide a lot about my character. Previously, movies have even told me how I had to braid my hair, and you don’t have a choice – but this was not the case.”
Wow good for DC and the director. I’m not a big DC fan (of the comics), but I’ve enjoyed what they did with Arrow and Flash (haven’t seen Guardians of Legend yet), and WW is looking like it will be very good.
…gorgeous.
Uhm, yeah, what can I say, I have eyes…
CC:
It’s a great year for all us Indiginerds -- Adam Beach in Suicide Squad, Jason Momoa in Justice League, Eugene Black Rock in Wonder Woman, and Taika Waititi directing Thor: Ragnarok.
Giliell:
Oh yes, he is.
My Squee-O-Meter (entirely scientific) for the Wander Woman movie is already higher than that for any of the other comic book projects I have seen coming down the pipeline.
With regard to the as yet mysterious character being played by Eugene Brave Rock, this pasty White bloke has his fingers and everything else crossed for a decent, annoying-Hollywood-stereotype-free depiction of a First Nations character.
Seriously, we need more films where First Nations characters exist to do more than simply help the White lead to go on some kind of quasi-spiritual quest to ‘connect with nature’, ‘find their power’ or ‘unveil their destiny’. That would be nice, and this quote from the interview;
Gives me confidence that this movie will get it right.
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Giliell, professional cynic -Ilk- @ 2;
And Caine @ 3;
And it is not only Eugene Brave Rock who is cutting a fine figure in that list -- all of them are handsome as hell. Annoyingly so, if I’m honest. What with their chiseled good looks wondering about making the rest of us look bad… *mutter, mutter*
I cannot wait for this movie enough. And this guy -- this guy! Too bad there will probably be way too much of Chris Pine and not enough of this guy. I know we know nothing about the character yet, but I’m going to say it now: he needs his own movie. One full of Native American actors.
I’m so glad his input and knowledge were so respected and recognized, too. That seems almost more important than just plain casting him, period -- but actually doing it right. Yay!
Well, #1 is developing a taste for super heroines. I’m dragging her along to watch Ghostbusters on Wednesday, maybe we can have another girls’ day out…
Giliell @ 6:
In all the fussing over that movie, this is the most important thing about that movie -- girls get to see themselves represented, and represented in a heroic manner which is not dependent on skimpy costumes and ideal figures.
I want to take the boys to see Ghostbusters for exactly the representation of awesome women, but unfortunately (*khmkhm*) I’ll have to do a trial viewing to figure out if it’s too creepy for them to watch in a theatre. Oh, the pains of parenting!