Ethan Hawke, Here and Then

Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

Lemonada Media

Society & Culture, Film Interviews, Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2022

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Ethan Hawke has spent three decades telling stories. His latest project, The Last Movie Stars, honors two legends that inspired him to do so: Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward.

Today, he joins us to unpack the new docuseries (9:24), starting with his introduction to Paul Newman through Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (12:13). Then, Hawke 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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0:00.0	What do you poll dancing AI chatbots and diet culture all have in common?
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0:21.9	So go ahead, listen to Embodied every Friday wherever you get your podcasts.
0:27.0	Pushkin. This is talk easy. I'm Sam Fricoso, director, Ethan Hawk.
1:03.0	Hawk has been making movies since actor, author, director, Ethan Hawk.
1:13.3	Hawk has been making movies since he was a teenager,
1:16.7	beginning with Joe Dante's 1985 film, The Explorers.
1:21.4	In the intervening 35 years, you've probably seen him in movies like Dead Poets Society,
1:26.4	Training Day, The Before Trilogy, Boyhood, and First Reformed. His most recent project which which he directed, is a six-part documentary called
1:35.8	The Last Movie Stars. It tells the story of actors, activists, husband and wife, Joanne Woodward, and Paul Newman. Here's a clip from the film.
1:45.0	I'm trying to ask all my friends and to make these audios come alive.
1:50.0	I'm trying to turn it into kind of like a play with voices a community looking back and so that's what I'm doing here with you and Sammy Rockwell is gonna read the director of Cool Hand Luke
2:00.7	Laura Lenny is gonna do do Joanne Woodward.
2:03.9	Zoe Kazan is going to play Paul's first wife.
2:07.0	Karen Ellen is playing Joanne Stepmosh.
2:09.0	Josh Hamilton is going to read the director of the state.
2:12.2	Vincent de Nofrio is going to do John Houston.
2:14.5	George Clooney agreed to read Paul.
2:17.8	So we're having fun kind of revisiting the generation before us.
2:24.5	So I'll just read through, I'll probably just read through it and you know, we'll just go through.
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