In collaboration with his daughter and protagonist of the series “Stranger Things”, Maya Hawkein the biographical drama film “Wild Cat” for the American novelist Flannery O’Connor the actor, director, screenwriter was mentioned Ethan Hawke at the Zurich International Film Festival.

It is extremely easy to direct your own daughter, because the love is there” he told the Festival audience, according to Variety.

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When I was making the documentary “The Last Movie Stars” (about Paul Newman and Joan Woodward) I interviewed Martin Scorsese. When I asked the question, “Why do you think Paul survived?” So many people fall prey to the trap of being famous».

He gave me a very simple answer: “Because of Joan.” They worked together all the timeEthan Hawke said, noting that he ended up directing the film for writer Flannery O’Connor and co-writing the screenplay with Shelby Gaines because of his daughter.

She was 15 or 16 when she discovered Flannery O’Connor on her own. She was a young woman growing up in the Jim Crow South, during a very turbulent time in American history. He had this exciting spirit that I think Maya found very attractive and a lot of insecurity about the nature of ambition. Was she in the service of the art, the reader, or herself? Maya found it extremely fascinating” said Ethan Hawke.

Later, she took a monologue from Flannery O’Connor’s “A Prayer Journal” and used it for her successful audition at the Juilliard School, she added.

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From that point on he began to see her as a spiritual guide. When ‘Stranger Things’ started airing and became a hit, he was looking to acquire the rights and make a movie about itexplained Ethan Hawke She then approached her father.

Many children want to perform. They want to be athletes, firefighters, actors. They think it’s fun to get attention. I loved it, and then I had this strange storm that came into my life, which was the movie Dead Poets Society.” said the American actor and director and remembered her late star, Robin Williams.

It was a miracle he was close. The success of that film showed me the power of arthe emphasized.

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