A Father’s Day Special (with Ethan Hawke)

Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

Lemonada Media

Society & Culture, Film Interviews, Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2024

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

This Father's Day, we're revisiting our special talk with actor Ethan Hawke.

After a phone call with Dad Fragoso (2:00), we dive into the episode. At the top, Hawke unpacks his docuseries The Last Movie Stars (9:24), describing his introduction to Paul Newman through Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (12:13). Then, he reflects on his personal history: growing up with his mother on the east coast (16:43), his on-screen debut at fifteen in Explorers with River Phoenix (20:04), the enduring legacy of Robin Williams (25:57), and how Richard Linklater’s Before trilogy transformed his career (33:01).

On the back-half, we revisit a memorable scene from Before Midnight (42:28), how capturing Chet Baker in Born to Be Blue helped Hawke process loss (52:31), what he learned about longevity from director Paul Schrader (55:29) and how that definition evolved in making The Last Movie Stars (58:32). To close– we discuss the importance of family (1:02:12), Hawke’s hopes for his third act (1:04:24), and why he continues to honor The Actor’s Vow by Elia Kazan (1:07:38).

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1:10.0	Oh, Oh, Oh, Can you hear anything okay? Anything? Yeah, everything.
1:23.0	Yeah, I'm just finishing up here in New York.
1:26.0	Yeah.
1:27.0	Can you believe that I'm flying out for Father's Day to Chicago?
1:32.6	Can I believe that?
1:33.6	Yeah, I've never done anything like that.
1:35.1	No, it's pretty cool.
1:37.1	I mean, you know.
1:37.7	You don't really care about Father's Day, do you?
1:40.0	It's fine, but I'm not really into like people celebrating me or something. I'm not really into that. It's kind of weird.
1:47.4	So I shouldn't come with a bunch of gifts? Well, hey, wait a minute, you know, you got some gifts, you got some key chains.
1:54.0	Maybe I love New York, uh, t-shirts, some bullshit like that. That'd be great.
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