Like Father, Like Daughter: Ethan and Maya Hawke on Nepo Babies, Their New Movie ‘Wildcat’ and Being the ‘Indie Kardashians’
variety.comMaya Hawke is telling me about her short-lived attempt to call her father ‘Ethan’ on the set of their new film, “Wildcat.” We’re escaping the downpour at a cozy neighborhood restaurant in Chelsea, and sitting across from the striking father-daughter duo is like having a front-row seat to the royal family of art-house cinema. “I started using his name — ‘Ethan’ — to be like, ‘I’m a professional,’” the 25-year-old “Stranger Things” actress says. “And then I realized it was actually more distracting to people.
They’d be like, ‘Why are you doing that?’ So I mostly called him ‘Dad.’” Such is life when you’re a Gen Z “It” girl whose father is a Gen X icon.
But there’s very little celebrity polish to the pair when we meet in the dog days of August. Maya, who has modeled for Calvin Klein and been a fixture on red carpets, is dressed down.
She’s draped in a scarf and wearing a T-shirt designed by her younger sister at sleepaway camp, with her hair tied back in a bun and dramatic bangs neatly in place.
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