She may have recently impaled a Predator inHulu’s summer hitPreybut she’s ready to do it all.
“I would love to experience both again and experience other things on top of that.”
“I think that you never want to stay just stuck in the same space, whatever that is.
Amber Midthunder talks about her ‘really special’ experience on ‘Reservation Dogs’.Shane Brown/FX
So, getting the opportunity for me to experience both of these was really exciting.
I’m excited to continue doing that.”
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Were you approached for the role or did you have to audition?
AMBER MIDTHUNDER: I auditioned the conventional way, I got a self-tape request for this character.
I saw the breakdown and I just had so much fun doing the self-tape.
I thought she was so funny.
Originally, it said that she was wearing mismatched regalia.
I was like, cool.
I had so much fun just doing that and playing even with the audition sides.
Then, I had a call back and just really went through it in a very traditional way.
I’ve been such a huge fan of the show since it started.
There’s never been a show like this before.
Getting to accomplish everything it’s accomplishing is so amazing.
It was a dream.
There’s a version of your character in many underrepresented communities as well.
How did you find the inspiration for this character?
Was it all on the page or was she inspired by people you actually knew?
She was just written so distinctly, that everything about her I think, was just there.
But it’s like, when you put them all together, it’s really a lot.
[Laughs] ‘Cause there’s really people like that.
All these things, she really, really believes.
I read that both of your parents are also actors.
How do they feel that you’ve joined them in the acting community?
Because I’ve heard different things from parents that are actors and then their kids get into it.
My dad is an actor.
My mom was an actress one time, by accident and then decided she hated it.
Now she’s a casting director.
It was never anything that was suggested to me or put on me, growing up.
My parents really just let me be a kid and have my own feelings.
Then, by the time I was in high school, I came back to it.
I was like, “oh no, this is the love of my life.”
I think that they’re proud of this time period for indigenous people.
My mom is Asian, so just Asian people or any kind of underrepresented community.
Yeah, I’m a mom.
That’s a great question.
It didn’t matter what.
RegardingPreyagain, the film has been such a hit.
Fans have been vocal about wishing it had gotten a theater debut.
Do you hope there are plans forPrey 2, or has it been suggested to you?
And if so, likely this would get a big screen debut.
How would that feel to take it to that second level?
I’ve heard a lot of fans say that.
I think it’s very flattering.
I didn’t really think much about what would happen to the movie coming out.
I didn’t have a lot of expectations, one way or the other, for it coming out.
So, for people to respond so positively to that level, I just feel really humbled by it.
I feel really excited.
Obviously, all that time was used to make a really great thing.
I’m sure that nobody would make something again, if it wasn’t amazing.
So I think whatever happens, I think it will be the right choice.
To hear somebody say to me that I’m in that group, my brain doesn’t compute that.
I just am glad to see that it exists.
I really think that this is just the beginning of that.
That’s the purpose of my career.
I love it for myself.
That’s my personal passion, but I also hope to do something good in my life.
I was just in Santa Fe for Indian Market.
It was really powerful.
It meant a lot to me."
I was like, “Well, thank you so much.
How old is your daughter?”
She said eight, and I touched my chest, and she started crying.
We didn’t say anything.
Just watching her feel that and knowing how it felt to me, it also made me cry.
