Maya Hawke has addressed the “nepo child” phenomenon head on, saying the rationale she was solid in an enormous movie function was completely for “nepotistic causes.”
Hawke, the daughter of Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke, was solid by Quentin Tarantino in his 2019 film As soon as Upon a Time… in Hollywood. Hawke performed Flower Youngster, one in every of Charles Manson’s followers, and on the time gave an interview saying she auditioned for the function.
Now she has advised The Instances of London she was mocked for saying that, and mirrored: “I by no means meant to indicate that I didn’t get the half for nepotistic causes — I believe I completely did.”
She added that Tarantino intentionally added her to the solid, which additionally included Margaret Qualley (Andie MacDowell’s daughter) and Rumer Willis (daughter of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis), and that he was making an effort to “solid quite a lot of younger Hollywood.”
Requested whether or not she thought well-known off-spring deserved these sorts of leg-up alternatives, Hawke mentioned:
“‘Deserves’ is an advanced phrase. There are such a lot of individuals who should have this type of life who don’t, however I believe I’m comfy with not deserving it and doing it anyway. And I do know that my not doing it wouldn’t assist anybody. I noticed two paths after I was first beginning, and one in every of them was: change your title, get a nostril job and go to open casting roles.
“It’s OK to be made enjoyable of if you’re in rarefied air. It’s a fortunate place to be. My relationships with my dad and mom are actually sincere and constructive, and that supersedes something anybody can say about it.”
Hawke has lately labored with each of her dad and mom on display. She performed reverse Thurman in The Kill Room, and starred in Wildcat, a biopic about author Flannery O’Connor, directed by Ethan Hawke.
