Maya Hawke made a candid confession about her role in Quentin Tarantino’s film Once upon a time in Hollywood.
The actress and singer, who is the daughter of Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke, made a small cameo in the 2019 Oscar-winning film, playing a member of the Manson family.
With Hawke’s career going from strength to strength, thanks to the roles he played Weird thingswhich she said led to a “frustrating” flood of Netflix viewers for her musical shows, and Wes Anderson Asteroid cityThe actress has found herself at the center of the nepotism controversy in Hollywood.
Many stars whose parents were celebrities have rallied against it, with parents themselves, including Tom Hanks, even claiming that “it doesn’t matter what our last names are” when it comes to securing roles.
However, Hawke, whose mother was played by Mia Wallace in the Tarantino film Pulp Fiction (1994), now refreshingly claimed to have been handpicked by the director Once upon a time in Hollywood Specifically because of her parents.
Speaking about the “Children of Nebo” controversy, Hawke said that when she previously said she had auditioned for the role, she “never meant to imply that I didn’t get the role for favoritism reasons — I think I did just that.”
Hawk said times Her choice was deliberate because Tarantino wanted to cast a lot of stars whose parents were famous, including Margaret Qualley, the daughter of Andie MacDowell, and Rumer Willis, the daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore.
When asked if she thought these actors “deserve” opportunities over stars who don’t have famous parents, Hawke shared her perspective on the discussion, saying: “‘Deserving’ is a complicated word.
“There are a lot of people who deserve to have this kind of life who don’t, but I guess I’m comfortable with not deserving it and doing it anyway. I know that not doing it won’t help anyone.”
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“I saw two paths when I first started, and one was: change your name, get a nose job, and go for open acting roles.
“It’s okay to be made fun of when you’re in the rarefied air. It’s a lucky place to be in. My relationships with my parents are really honest and positive, and that supersedes anything anyone can say about that.”
Hawkeye was recently seen in WildcatA film about Flannery O’Connor directed by her father, Ethan.
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