Actor Kusem Goodwind says being involved in the LeBron James-produced "Rez Ball" movie was the ultimate honor ... praising the Lakers superstar for giving Native Americans the spotlight with the film.
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00:00You know, did it feel like something, was there something more to that than just being
00:10in the movie?
00:11Oh, for sure.
00:12For sure.
00:13Yeah.
00:14It's honestly like a huge honor just to be a part of like, not only like a movement for
00:15indigenous representation.
00:16Yeah.
00:17But especially for athletes too on the rise.
00:18I mean, you see like Lindy Waters in the NBA playing with like Steph Curry, you know what
00:26I mean?
00:27Yeah.
00:28And all these WNBA athletes, like it's like, I'm just so proud of all the native athletes
00:32and just representation, I guess, on all fronts.
00:35So just to be a part of Res Ball, which is like a story that resonates with all of Indian
00:41country.
00:42Yeah.
00:43It's a huge honor.
00:44When you're on Res, like are going around, like are people like, damn, that's that?
00:49Like, are you like a, are you like a superstar over there?
00:52I'm not even Kuzo.
00:53I'm Natani Jackson at this point.
00:55Yeah.
00:56So I've just embraced it.
00:58You could hoop, obviously.
00:59So, you know, yeah.
01:00Thinking like, yo, I'm doing a movie with LeBron James.
01:03Yeah.
01:04What was that like?
01:05Honestly, that was pretty surreal.
01:07I mean, you saw his name on the casting call, so I'm sure that got a lot of traction and
01:11buzz from everyone.
01:14I haven't met LeBron yet, but honestly, his people were so nice on the production.
01:18Shout out to Spencer Bailey, who was my boy.
01:22Yeah.
01:23Yeah.
01:24I'm just grateful for Spring Hill Productions for being a part of a project like this, because
01:28this means so much to a lot of, I guess, native peoples.
01:31So, yeah, I couldn't, and I couldn't say thank you enough to all of his people.
01:38Any message to LeBron himself?
01:40To LeBron?
01:41Yeah.
01:42I'm still waiting for my 1v1.
01:45You want that?
01:46My three-point shootout.
01:47I want a three-point shootout.
01:48I don't know if I can beat him one-on-one, but I can compete on the three-point line.
01:51You can get him on a three-point shootout.
01:54What do you look up to?
01:56As of now, I'm a big fan of Lily Gladstone.
01:59Oh, my God.
02:00Right.
02:01She's kind of been, not, I guess, popping up right now, but it's kind of like, it's
02:04not an overnight success story.
02:06She's been in the business for so long, and to finally see the returns of that is special
02:11to see.
02:12I mean, she's on the biggest stage, you know, on the Oscar stage.
02:16Yeah.
02:17That's what you want to see, man.
02:18That's what you want to see.