Hey guys, it's Willie Geist back with another episode of the Sunday Sit Down podcast.

Thanks so much for checking in and listening along with us.

I got a great one for you this week.

My guest is Ethan Hawk.

Ethan and I got together in his neighborhood in Brooklyn sat down at his favorite bar

to talk about a film that's getting him a lot of award season talk.

It's called First Reformed.

He plays a pre-struggling with his faith.

A lot of critics say it's the performance of his long career and a lot of people suggesting

he could win some awards for it.

He's already been nominated for the Gotham Award for Best Actor and the movie for Best

Film.

A lot of people see that as sort of a precursor and a tell about what may be coming down

the road at the Oscars.

We also talked about a passion project of his.

His film Blaze.

He wrote it.

He produced it.

He directed it about an unsung country music legend named Blaze Foley, true story real

life.

So we get into both of those as well as his career and the breakout role.

And he was just a kid in dead poet society.

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