Maya Hawke is sharing a somewhat sexist be aware she as soon as acquired that made her “really upset.”
The “Stranger Things” star has been performing for almost a decade, and whereas she comes from well-known pedigree — her mother and father are Oscar nominees Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke — she’s “comfortable” being a nepo child, and located the be aware something however useful.
“A director told me — actually, I think was a producer, but they were in cahoots — told me I looked prettier with my mouth closed, and that I should close my mouth after I speak more often,” stated Hawke throughout an episode of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast launched Thursday.
Hawke is just 26 years previous however studied on the Royal Academy of Dramatic Artwork in London and the Stella Adler Studio in New York, and located the producer’s suggestion significantly dense as a result of she’s lengthy been attuned to what fits any given character she’s enjoying.
Hawke stated on the podcast {that a} lack of “jaw tension” was integral to the position in query.
“I was playing a character that was distinctly un-self-conscious,” she added. “That was a trait of the character, that they didn’t care about looking pretty and they were un-self-conscious, and so it was clearly just a desire of the aesthetic of the thing, and I was annoyed about it.”
Hawke didn’t point out the individual by title, however she’s labored on many well-known initiatives, together with Wes Anderson’s “Asteroid City,” Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro,” Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and the Duffer Brothers’ “Stranger Things.”
Hawke, who was raised by celebrities and attended a personal college in Brooklyn, does nonetheless appear grateful to steer a artistic life — and even acknowledged final yr that she’s OK with “not deserving” the Hollywood alternatives obtainable to her.
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“‘Deserves’ is a complicated word,” she instructed the Sunday Occasions in June. “There are so many people who deserve to have this kind of life who don’t, but I think I’m comfortable with not deserving it and doing it anyway. And I know that my not doing it wouldn’t help anyone.”
“I saw two paths when I was first starting, and one of them was: change your name, get a nose job and go to open casting roles,” Hawke continued on the time, including: “It’s OK to be made fun of when you’re in rarefied air. It’s a lucky place to be.”
