- What do we do?
- We run.
- Which direction?
- That way?
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- Woo woo woo.
- Moment and set.
- And action.
- Where's she going?
- They're gonna race.
- And do what?
- When I look at Sam,
my character,
I'm not representing
the Comanche people as much
as I'm representing a Comanche character.
and this character has his own set
of rules in a way.
- Sam, I think is
the most remarkable person Elsa's ever seen.
He's an extension of the world of nature,
the very things that she loves the most
- Y'all ready?
Go.
- Woo woo.
They forget about all their troubles
when they're around each other.
I think that's why they like each other.
- She just naturally gravitates towards him.
And what I love is that
there's not very much verbal communication.
They just understand one another.
- It's a moment of joy
in an otherwise gloomy existence.
- It's an interesting beginning,
it's the fruition of another relationship.
They both lost someone
and really the only reason why they're pulled
to one another is
because of that loss they both experienced.
- Your name is lightning,
lightning doesn't mourn.
It's just a natural conversation
that just sparked
out of being around each other.
- His philosophy on life and his culture,
it's so rich and enthralling.
- She wants to know more about him.
And I think he feels the same way.
- That's a curious thing.
When you see Shea speaking to the Comanche,
it's evident that somehow
this guy's managed
to have relationships with these people
and the white man
was not welcome in those places thanks
to those that came before him.
How's it been with bandits?
- Thieves out here,
He used the storms to hide.
- I'll keep that in mind.
Shea just has something
in him that allows him to cross that border
that was fairly clearly defined
from what I understand
from what little I know about our history.
- Take them to Colorado,
leave them there,
better for them.
- We gotta get moving and get to the herd.
There's a storm coming.
- Right guys,
bring up the wind.
- There's a tornado.
It pops up out of nowhere.
- I'm not gonna compare it
to anything because I've never done anything like this.
James what is that?
- It's a tornado.
It took a lot of technical work
and that was really intense
and really took a lot of preparation
and a lot of time.
- My name's Michael Owens
and I'm the visual effects supervisor of 1883.
And we're shooting a tornado sequence.
See physical effects has,
well they're giant fans
to create the wind on the actors,
the horses and the wagons.
Eventually it just overtakes everybody.
- We're watching the madness
and the destruction of the tornado.
- There's an extraordinary amount
of action that takes place.
What about Elsa?
- Turn the horse loose.
- How will they make it?
- They won't.
Turn them loose.
- Sam saves Elsa and her fellow Cowboys,
she and Wade and Colton hide with Sam.
And in that moment,
she doesn't know
if she's gonna survive this or not.
- That's a moment
where she feels safe with him.
- All she wants to do is just kiss this man.
And so she does it, fearlessly.
It's just this kind of bravery,
this unique understanding
between two individuals
that doesn't really need to be explained.
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(suspenseful music)
- We got thieves.
One of the shootouts is
with these thieves who steal
the cattle after the storm.
- That ain't six, Captain.
I count 12.
- 13, run and fan out wide.
- There's some great gun battles.
They're epic in a way that they're fought
but they're also chaotic.
- Bandits came.
So you gotta come in there
and you have to throw your weight around.
(gun booming)
- I was so excited and so jacked up after doing it
and the shoot out was so great.
I wanna do Westerns from now on.
(guns booming)
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