Lily Gladstone and Leonardo DiCaprio as Mollie and Ernest Burkhart in “Killers of the Flower Moon”.Photo:Melinda Sue Gordon/Apple
Melinda Sue Gordon/Apple
“He just looked like a sweet little man, and if you saw him on the street, you would never know what he was capable of doing or what he did,” says Margie of her first encounter with her grandfather, Ernest. “It was wild to me how he just looked normal.”
Robert De Niro, left, and Leonardo DiCaprio in “Killers of the Flower Moon”.Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures
Margie, 61, who grew up not far from where the murders occurred years before, would hear the stories of the crimes committed against her family. She used to ride horses with her father James, better known as Cowboy, and he would point out chilling landmarks.
“You want to go see this area where [Aunt] Anna was murdered?” she remembers him asking.
Mollie Burkhart, right, with sisters Anna, center, and Minnie.Courtesy Doubleday
Courtesy Doubleday
Ernest served time in prison for the murders but was eventually released. Sometime later, he met his granddaughter, Margie.
Margie Burkhart.Courtesy Doubleday
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“I knew what he was and I was scared for my fish,” Margie says.
“I have a lot of anger towards him,” Margie says. “He took away my whole family. He took away potential cousins. I don’t have any relatives on my Osage side.”
The Apple Original FilmKillers of the Flower Moonwill premiere in theaters around the world, including IMAX® theatres, on Oct. 20.
source: people.com
