Chaske Spencer, who’s best known for playing Sam Uley in the Twilight saga, is pushing against stereotypes that have historically reigned in Western films.
, along with A24’s 2017 period film,a drama in which Spencer stars alongside Jessica Chastain, a young white woman who tries to paint a portrait of Lakota leader Sitting Bull.
“When I became an actor, I dropped out of university. I started hanging out with actors and taking classes. And the acting bug bit me. It was an adrenaline rush,” Spencer says. “When I decided to really give this a go, I said, It’s all or nothing. It was a long struggle. I was ready to quit before, because I didn’t want to be in this system. After a while, it started to get so crushing. ButIn his 20s, Spencer moved to New York City with a hundred dollars and a one-way ticket.
“No matter what it was, it was still a gig to me,” Spencer says. “Even if it was just a play that nobody saw, off offBroadway. Each time I landed something, those were little wins. It helped me go on as an actor, like, Someone believes I have talent, so this must be a good thing.” And yet, landing roles remained an uphill battle for Spencer because of the limited visibility of Native American actors in the media. A 2020 UCLA study on diversity in Hollywood found representation of Native Americans amounted to a scant 0.5 percent in film and was virtually nonexistent in TV between 2018 and 2019 alone.
As a child, Spencer loved watching charismatic actors who truly embodied their characters, naming Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Al Pacino, Sean Penn, and Marlon Brando as inspirations. Today, as an actor, the roles Spencer takes on are likewise fiercely written, meaty, and multilayered, allowing him to unlock parts of himself that transcend real life into an unforgettable story.
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