From W.HYY in Philadelphia, this is Fresh Air Weekend. I'm Tanya Mosley. Today, Ethan Hawke,

he stars in the new movie Blue Moon, about lyricist Lauren's Heart, half of the Broadway duo Rogers in Heart.

Hawk also appears in the new streaming series The Lowdown. Now 55. He's been making movies since he was 13.

And sometimes, he says, he forgets just how old he is.

Now I'll be sent a script and it says, Billy, age 19, skateboarding down the street.

And I always think, oh, that's my part.

It takes me a while to realize, oh, Billy's father, age 55, gruff, and weathered

around the edges. I'm like, oh, that's me. Also, we hear from actor and director Tim Robbins.

He reflects on 30 years of making films and why he believes live theater can sometimes speak

to us in more profound ways than film can.

I know that as a child, when I saw something transformative, something that blew my mind,

I can still remember those plays.

That's the power that theater has.

It can actually transform a consciousness.

That's coming up on Fresh Air Weekend.

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This is Fresh Air Weekend. I'm Tanya Mosley. Here's Terry with our first interview.

My guest, Ethan Hawke, stars on two new movies. In Blue Moon, he plays lyricist Lorenz Hart.

In the horror film Blackphone 2, he's a serial killer who dies and becomes a spirit and he haunts people's dreams.

Let's start with a clip from Blue Moon, directed by Richard Link later.

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