The actor who played Chief, Eugene Brave Rock, an indigenous Blackfoot, did not know he was auditioning for a Wonder Woman movie. Director Patty Jenkins asked him his views on stereotypes, and revealed that his character's name, "Chief", could not be changed due to obligations to DC Comics. Upon hearing the name DC Comics, he realized the part was for Wonder Woman. Jenkins then told him that he would never have to call himself "Chief" on screen, and that if he could speak his own language then he could introduce himself in the film and give himself a name. He introduces himself as Napi, a Blackfoot creator being and clever trickster. He later said that he was very proud to speak the language of the Blackfoot tribe in a major motion picture, and to say "Oki" (loosely translated as "hello" but closer to a wish of good life) to the world.

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