![]() ![]() Who would you hire? I recently wrote a fan letter to Thandiwe Newton because I listened to her audiobook of Jane Eyre and it’s one of the greatest performances I’ve ever heard. If I ever reach a certain level of success, I’ll hire someone to read me scripts out loud. How has being dyslexic affected your career ? Does it make it harder to read scripts or learn lines? Learning lines is fine but it makes it hard to look at a pile of scripts with excitement. I credit the Duffer brothers for writing such a great character. ![]() During that episode they both started crying, then the daughter came out to the mother. Did that get a good response from viewers? Recently someone told me they watched that season with their daughter. Your Stranger Things character, Robin Buckley, came out as a lesbian in season three. Hawke with Joe Keery and Gaten Matarazzo in series three of Stranger Things. I made four lasting friendships and learned so much. Little Women was a life-changingly positive experience. Angela Lansbury might have been in her 90s but she was so quick with language, it was jaw-dropping. It changed the energy in the room, which was a cool trick. I remember when one scene wasn’t working, she just held all our hands, looked down at the ground and let out this beautiful sing-scream. She played Marmee and truly was a maternal figure on that set. What did co-stars Emily Watson and Angela Lansbury teach you? It was so enlightening to watch them both work. That’s much more fun to see than John Travolta jamming a needle into her heart. One of my favourite movies of my mom’s is The Producers, where she’s dancing around being fabulous. Sometimes you don’t really want to watch your mom getting shot or your dad go through painful emotions, even though you know it’s pretend. What are your favourites of your parents’ films? It’s funny, I haven’t seen them all. Once I was old enough, and it was clear they were my choices, they were very supportive. ![]() They didn’t want to cart me along every red carpet or have me do bit-parts in their movies. They wanted to ensure I had a strong enough backbone, my own passion for it and work ethic. They also tried to protect me from falling into acting. Literally.ĭid your parents approve of your acting career at first? They were wary of the public life side of acting and the difficulties of that. In the film he wears an extraordinary pair of underpants with a strap-on, so it looks like he’s naked … Those pants are quite a thing, man. When I made my first record I felt very dilettante-ish about it… my relationship to music deepened during the pandemic It’s like looking into the eyes of a wild animal and responding. How was working with your co-star Andrew Garfield ? The best thing about working with a great actor is when you forget you’re acting and suddenly you’re just in the moment together. For my generation it’s hard to know life without it and what we’re missing out on. I use my phone all the time but I’m sure it’s rotting my brain and separating me from real connections. For someone who travels all the time and hates being alone, that connectivity is awesome. I love that I can take a bath, play an audiobook and learn about neuroscience while I wash my hair. I love that I can go for a walk, put on headphones, listen to Phoebe Bridgers, feel melancholy and cry. Are people too reliant on their mobile phones nowadays? I’m sure they are, but it would be hypocritical of me to be judgmental because I love my phone. Your new film Mainstream is a satire on viral fame. She lives in New York and is the daughter of actors Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke. Hawke now stars in Mainstream, directed and written by Gia Coppola. She was Linda “Flowerchild” Kasabian in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and plays Robin in Netflix hit Stranger Things. New York-born Maya Hawke, 23, began her career in modelling before making her screen debut as Jo March in the BBC’s 2017 adaptation of Little Women. ![]()
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