Woman goes to see Leonardo DiCaprio’s movie “The Revenant” and realizes she was in the film

Doreen Nutaaq Simmonds went with her son and a friend to see Leonardo DiCaprio’s movie “The Revenant” and realized she was in the film, or at least her voice was, reported the Alaska Dispatch News. In a scene from the film, a poem is read quietly in the background as the Pawnee tribe helps DiCaprio’s character build a shelter. Her friend whispered to Simmonds “Hey! I can understand that!” The poem was in the Alaskan Inupiaq language. Simmonds’ son suddenly realized the poem was being read by his mother. “That’s you, Mom,” he said.

“I was so engrossed in what the Indian was doing, I hadn’t paid attention,” Simmonds said. “That’s when my ears opened.” She had recorded the poem 27 years ago for John Luther Adams’ Earth and the Great Weather. Rights to the recording were granted by John Luther Adams/New World Music. Simmonds was not notified that the poem would be in the film, and was not compensated for the work being used.