Ethan Hawke was seen this week directing his daughter, actress Maya Hawke, on the Kentucky set of his upcoming movie Wildcat.
The 52-year-old, who shares his daughter with ex-wife Uma Thurman, cast Maya as celebrated writer Flannery O’Connor.
24-year-old Maya disappeared into the role in period hair and costume and was seen limping on crutches much like the real Flannery did in later life.
Family business: Ethan Hawke was seen this week directing his actress daughter Maya Hawke on the Kentucky set of her upcoming movie Wildcat
Bizarre: 24-year-old Maya (left) disappeared into the role in period hair and costume and was seen limping on crutches like the real Flannery (right) did in later life.
Flannery suffered serious health problems from lupus, which claimed the life of her father when she was about to turn 16.
Her own mobility issues eventually left her largely trapped on the family farm, where she turned to writing, often about disabled characters.
Flannery’s Irish Catholic upbringing in Georgia also greatly influenced her work, which has become a cornerstone of Southern Gothic literature.
The local news station for Louisville, Kentucky WLKY revealed last month that Ethan planned to film Wildcat in the area in January and February.
Premise: The 52-year-old, who shares his daughter with ex-wife Uma Thurman, has cast Maya as celebrated writer Flannery O’Connor.
Last week, the same outlet reported that the film’s action would largely take place in the 1950s, the decade in which most of Flannery’s career took place.
Born into a high-profile Hollywood family, Maya became a famous actress as one of the stars of the hit Netflix series Stranger Things.
Their latest concert comes on the heels of a social media furore over ‘nepo babies’ in which they are said to have gained show business careers due to family connections.
Unrecognizable: Born into a high-profile Hollywood family, Maya became a famous actress as one of the stars of the hit Netflix series Stranger Things.
Maya is one of a host of starlets with famous parents, from Johnny Depp’s daughter Lily-Rose Depp to Andie MacDowell’s daughter Margaret Qualley.
Maude Apatow, whose parents are Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann, and Kaia Gerber, whose mother is Cindy Crawford, have also risen to fame in recent years.
Madonna’s daughter Lourdes Leon, Heidi Klum’s daughter Leni Klum and Elvis Presley’s granddaughter Riley Keough will also participate, among others.
At the helm: Local Louisville, Kentucky news station WLKY revealed last month that Ethan planned to film Wildcat in the area in January and February.
Maya commented to Rolling Stone in September: “I feel like the only way to handle the issue of nepotism, which definitely gives you huge advantages in this life, is that you will get opportunities for free, but the possibilities will not be endless.”
She explained: ‘So you have to keep working and do a good job. If you do a bad job, chances will stop. That is my spirit.
Online talk about ‘nepo babies’ reached a fever pitch in December after New York magazine published a viral cover story about the phenomenon.
Backdrop: Their latest concert comes on the heels of a social media furor over ‘nepo babies’ in which they are said to have gained showbiz careers due to family connections.
Dakota Johnson, whose parents are Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith and whose grandmother is blonde Hitchcock Tippi Hedren, was one of the faces on the cover.
Jamie Lee Curtis, the daughter of psycho actress Janet Leigh and Some Like It Hot dreamer Tony Curtis, entered the debate.
Calling herself the “OG Nepo Baby,” she complained: “The current conversation about nepo babies is only designed to try to belittle, denigrate, and hurt.”
Here’s how they were: Ethan and Uma, who also have a 20-year-old son named Levon, are pictured attending the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in 2002, the year before they split.