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Speaker 1: with right now. Michael Spears. He's an actor and he's
Speaker 1: got a really cool project that he's going to be
Speaker 1: a part of tonight and tomorrow night. And he's from
Speaker 1: South Dakota. Michael Spears, how are you doing, sir?
Speaker 2: Hey, I'm doing well, trying a good job. And welcome,
Speaker 2: Welcome everybody to the show. Good morning. I hope everyone's
Speaker 2: having a good day.
Speaker 1: Well, we're excited to chat about Sitting Bull and this
Speaker 1: looks fantastic. It's a two night event starts tonight, wraps
Speaker 1: up tomorrow night on the History Channel. Let's talk about
Speaker 1: how you got involved in this project and you get
Speaker 1: your Sitting Bull. You're playing Sitting Bull himself, right, I sure,
Speaker 1: am that.
Speaker 2: Is awesome, incredible honor to embody that.
Speaker 1: So let's talk about this project. And I see it's
Speaker 1: the executive producer Leonardo DiCaprio of That Fella, A whole
Speaker 1: lot of great people that are involved in this. Let's
Speaker 1: talk about how you got involved in a little bit
Speaker 1: about the program.
Speaker 3: I got a call actually from a friend of mine,
Speaker 3: one of the producers, Larry Poolier, asked if I'd be
Speaker 3: willing to throw my name in the hat for Sitting Bowl,
Speaker 3: And he said, hear my choice, and I graciously said yes.
Speaker 3: Just an honor to be chosen and get to portray
Speaker 3: such an iconic individual.
Speaker 1: Now, I remember, you know, I grew up in South Dakota.
Speaker 1: I live in Sioux Falls now, but I grew up
Speaker 1: in Huron. I remember when Dances with Wolves came out
Speaker 1: and it was filmed in South Dakota, and what a
Speaker 1: big deal that was and still is for our state.
Speaker 1: And I'm watching that and I see this guy by
Speaker 1: the name of Michael Spears on there. And that was
Speaker 1: your first movie, wasn't it.
Speaker 2: Yes, it was so many, many many moons ago.
Speaker 1: What was that like, going from you know, never doing
Speaker 1: a movie at all to being a part of one
Speaker 1: of the biggest movies of all time.
Speaker 3: Tremendous gratitude. I'm just so thankful that I was able
Speaker 3: to do that. I give all my praise and thanks
Speaker 3: to my dad who helped me get the open casting
Speaker 3: call through the audition process, and the inspiration, you know
Speaker 3: is my dad, my grandplace, my grandma.
Speaker 1: And the thing that's fascinating again when you look back,
Speaker 1: that was the end of the eighties. That was a
Speaker 1: long time ago.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it was made in eighty nine and ninety and
Speaker 3: came out in ninety.
Speaker 1: One, and all these years later when you watch that movie,
Speaker 1: first of all, it still holds up. It's still fantastic,
Speaker 1: But then look at all of the people that were
Speaker 1: a part of that that have gone on to do
Speaker 1: some pretty good things. Kevin Costner, you know, Michael Spears,
Speaker 1: you guys had a chance. Your worlds have crossed a
Speaker 1: few times again because in the same universe nineteen twenty
Speaker 1: three and eighteen eighty three, you've had a chance to
Speaker 1: work on those projects all tied to Taylor Shared and
Speaker 1: so again, I just think it's a really cool thing
Speaker 1: that that started way back when it started, and now
Speaker 1: you know, you've had a chance to so many amazing
Speaker 1: things since then as well.
Speaker 3: Yeah, getting a chance to work alongside uncle Kevin, you know,
Speaker 3: he got to work with my younger brother Eddie, who's
Speaker 3: also an actor, my son Noah, who got to play
Speaker 3: on the contemporary second season of Yellowstone And you know,
Speaker 3: just being on set and getting to reunite with.
Speaker 2: Kevin was awesome. It was a lot of years.
Speaker 3: We did actually a twenty year retrospect in Aberdeen, South Dakota,
Speaker 3: quite a few years ago. Now, it's just tremendous how
Speaker 3: well the film still holds up. Yeah, and those memories
Speaker 3: I always hold deer still.
Speaker 1: I love it.
Speaker 2: You know, got my start there.
Speaker 1: Well again, the new project that you're on is on
Speaker 1: tonight on the History Channel, Sitting Bowl. And as you
Speaker 1: were putting this together and had a chance to be
Speaker 1: a part of this, are there things that you learned
Speaker 1: about Sitting Bull or did you know most of the
Speaker 1: stuff that we're going to discover on TV tonight.
Speaker 3: The things that I learned was more and more of
Speaker 3: the nuance, more and more of you, like.
Speaker 2: His favorite song.
Speaker 3: I got to learn putting myself in his moccasin, so
Speaker 3: to speak, was was the learning process and getting to
Speaker 3: actually visualize and be a part of, you know, the
Speaker 3: battle scenes and feel, you know, in essence what he
Speaker 3: felt ultimately being a martyr, you know, killed and respected.
Speaker 2: By his own people at the same time. Yeah, that
Speaker 2: was a big learning process.
Speaker 1: Well, we're going to be watching tonight again. It's a
Speaker 1: two night event tonight at nine easterns eight o'clock in
Speaker 1: Sioux Falls here and then again tomorrow night, same time
Speaker 1: on the History Channel. I'm going to throw a link
Speaker 1: to make it easy. All the information on our Facebook page.
Speaker 1: And you said you have relatives in Sue Falls, so
Speaker 1: you want to say hello to them before we go.
Speaker 3: Hey, yes, I got my cousin Shane and Eric and
Speaker 3: a lot of friends down there, the printing center right
Speaker 3: down there, and Sue Fall with my namesake, my uncle Mike.
Speaker 3: You know, got rested soul.
Speaker 2: I have a lot of love for my home.
Speaker 1: I love that. Well, we're so so happy for you
Speaker 1: and the amazing things you've had a chance to do,
Speaker 1: and you're you're making South Dakota proud. And we're going
Speaker 1: to be watching tonight. Thank you for your time, my friend.
Speaker 2: Hey, thank you so much again.
Speaker 1: Michael Spears, he is sitting bowl tonight on the History Channel.
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