What was it like having him on set once he got into the character of General Custer?
Mizuo Peck: Oh yeah. He knew enough about the character that he was able to improv a bunch of stuff and he’s definitely a great actor and a brilliant comedian. So a lot of the stuff that we did together was completely off the cuff, that he made his own. He knew that General Custer was very vain, so his whole thing with brushing his hair, talking about his silky, flaxen hair, was all off the cuff. He fully came up with that. Even his mispronunciation of Sacajawea’s theme was improvised. I was just so honored to be able to play with him like that, because we were able to come up with some unique, fun stuff that they obviously liked. I saw on the special features that (director) Shawn (Levy) was talking about how he would do one take of how it was in the script and then one take with the actors improvising. What was that mentality to the film like? Mizuo Peck: That was basically what the film was like. The whole film is with these brilliant, comedic geniuses, so it’s brilliant to be able
