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Ethan Hawke Says Daughter Maya Was Inspiration While Filming ‘The Last Movie Stars’

by Stewart Cole
In a recent interview with CNN’s “New Day,” Hawk told Brianna Keilar and John Berman that his daughter Maya, an actress on Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” provided inspiration when he needed it most in the production of “The Last Movie Stars’. tells the love story and career of actors Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman.

“This was my project about the pandemic. I was stuck alone trying to make sense of this huge life,” he explained. “I was trying to make sense of it, so everyone closest to me — my kids, my wife — never heard me shut up about it. And then I realized zooming in with my daughter that…in every relationship There isn’t that one person and one person. There’s this shared space that the two people are together.”

That conversation and follow-up helped guide Hawke’s six-part documentary, which was produced by CNN Films and is now streaming on HBO Max (which, like CNN, is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery).

Directed by Hawke and narrated by George Clooney, Laura Linney and others.

The 51-year-old is no stranger to getting behind the camera, having directed 2018’s ‘Blaze’, but is open to calling time on his acting days, stating in an interview that he felt like he was entering his “last act” in movies.

“Well, don’t worry, it’s going to be a long act,” he said, clarifying his comments. “I highly recommend you get your coffee. I’m not going anywhere.”

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