Maya Hawke she faithfully follows the advice given to her by her father Ethan Hawke. Speaking about the ‘secret’ advice her father gave her when she landed her role in the film Maestro she said: “I like when I do something wherever I play, to plant a seed of my own truth, like some kind of little secret”.

Maya Hawke stars as Leonard Bernstein’s daughter Jamie in the new film Maestro, starring Bradley Cooper.

“Actually, my dad taught me that. In other words, to put something of my own in the character I play, like a secret message, in every job I do». Speaking to US magazine ‘People’, Maya said it ‘felt very natural’, referring to her role in ‘Maestro’.

The actress also said that she has not met Jamie Bernstein in person, but “I had her incredible book, ‘Famous Father Girl,’ which I read to understand her better and to understand her view of her family better.”