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(Though she always knew she wanted to join her parents in the industry her parents often took her along to set.) Five years later, Coppola and Hawke sealed the deal. (Second only to her father and “teacher,” four-time Oscar nominee Ethan Hawke, who played her father in the miniseries The Good Lord Bird last year.) She repeatedly heaped praise on fellow scion Coppola, who made her directorial debut with Palo Alto (with James Franco) in 2013, followed by The Secret Life of the Lonely Doll (with Jessica Lange and Naomi Watts) in 2016.Ĭoppola approached Hawke about her third full-length film in 2016, before Hawke had ever even appeared on-screen. Her latest, Gia Coppola’s Mainstream, marks Hawke’s first lead role, as well as most fulfilling creative relationship yet. Hawke broke out in 2017 with her portrayal of Jo March in the BBC’s adaptation of the Little Women series, followed by a role as a flower child in 2019’s Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood.

“I got lucky enough to get boarded on a train that was already going to hit land.” “I mean, Stranger Things is a hit, but it's a hit way outside of me,” she insisted. (Especially after last season’s big reveal: Her character, Robin, is gay.)īut that’s not how the 22-year-old views it.

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It’s just one of several major changes the hit Netflix series has brought on for Hawke-the other being how she’s joined her A-list parents, Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, on the path to fame. “I’ve had this haircut for a lonnng time,” she said, scrunching her choppy chin-length hair. Maya Hawke was wearing a vintage Taylor Swift t-shirt when she called me on Zoom from her temporary home in Atlanta, Georgia, where she’s been filming season 4 of Stranger Things since September.

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