Tantoo Cardinal on Bringing a Timely Social Message to 'New Amsterdam' | Entertainment
The actor has played Dr. Kapoor in the medical drama since 2018. For Cardinal, âI can feel [the lack of respect]. Itâs in your marrow,â says the prolific Canadian Indigenous actress ( Dances With Wolves), explaining why she took her first flight in a year to be part of telling the story. The episodeâs writer, Shanthi Sekaran, realized the show had taken the name for granted. âI wanted Jane to be a headstrong, flinty woman who pushed the limits of activism and pushed Max to the limits of his idealism,â she says. âMax is all about reckoning and justice â...
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