It also features a lead character who is split between two identities, both played by Watts: bright eyed aspiring actor Betty Elms fresh off the bus in Hollywood, and
bitter failed actor Diane Selwyn who may or may not have murdered her lover.
This is not to say that Bale
fails in his interpretation of a
bitter and cold «Indian» fighter who must transport a Cheyenne chief (the brilliant Wes Studi) back to his hunting ground to die, but Captain Blocker was tailor made for Sam Elliot and one wishes devoutly that the older
actor had been cast instead.