A day after Graham Greene died at the age of 73 after a long illness, he is being remembered by Kevin Costner.
It was Costner’s 1990 Western Dances with Wolves that put Greene on the Hollywood map and earned him an Oscar nomination.
“A few things come to mind when I think of Graham Greene and our time together on Dances With Wolves,” Costner wrote on IG Tuesday next to the “Tatanka” scene from the movie, in which Dunbar (Costner) tries to communicate with Wind In His Hair (Rodney A. Grant) and Kicking Bird (Greene) by pretending to be a buffalo and succeeds in establishing a connection with Greene’s character.
Greene, a Canadian First Nations actor, had spoken about the challenges of having to learn the Lakota language for the film.
“I think of how willing he was to learn the Lakota language,” Costner said. “I think of my joy when I heard that his work on the film was recognized with an Academy Awards nomination. And I think of this scene in particular, when he was able to establish so much about the relationship between Dunbar and the natives with so few words. He was a master at work and a wonderful human being.”
In his final hours, Greene unsuccessfully tried reaching out to Costner to express his gratitude to the filmmaker who changed his life, with his agent, Michael Greene (no relation) promising to pass on the message to Costner.
The feeling was mutual.
“I’m grateful to have been witness to this part of his lasting legacy,” Costner wrote today. “Rest in peace, Graham.”
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