TEXAS RISING

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"Billy is there to bridge the gap between two worlds. He's the white guy with the braids who has the language skills, speaks like the locals and can diffuse a situation through diplomacy." -Brendan Fraser

In May of 2014, Brendan journeyed to Durango, Mexico to film the History Channel/ITV/A&E miniseries "Texas Rising". The shoot would prove to be a long and difficult one due to the scorching summer heat, scorpions, snakes and the constrictions of a low ($45 million) budget, forty-plus cast members, hundreds of extras, horses, and thirteen weeks of pre-dawn rides to the sets "in prison quality vans and checking your ego at the door."(Brendan Fraser)

Brendan played Billy Anderson,a White man kidnapped as a child and raised by the Kiowa Indians,who due to his ability to speak Native American languages is a great asset to General Sam Huston. Billy has an estranged son named Yellow Knife.

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The miniseries was directed by Roland Joffe (The Killing Fields,The Mission) and written by Darrell Fetty and Leslie Greif who also served as Executive Producers.