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Actor Ethan Hawke teamed up with director Scott Derrickson again for the horror film The Black Phone. But he was initially discouraged from playing a maniac in the thriller after seeing what happened to Jack Nicholson in The Shinning.
Ethan Hawke warned director Scott Derrickson why he wouldn’t do ‘The Black Phone’ Ethan Hawke | Jeremy Chan/Getty Images
Hawke was already familiar with working alongside filmmaker Scott Derrickson. The two collaborated for Hawke’s first pure horror feature Sinister, where he played a crime novelist being haunted by a menacing demon.
The two would later collaborate for Black Phone, where Hawke found himself playing the villain in the feature. Hawke’s character, dubbed The Grabbeir in the film, was a child abductor terrorizing his neighborhood in the 1970s.
Although the role was unlike anything Hawke had played, the actor was hesitant to do the role. Partially because of what...
Ethan Hawke warned director Scott Derrickson why he wouldn’t do ‘The Black Phone’ Ethan Hawke | Jeremy Chan/Getty Images
Hawke was already familiar with working alongside filmmaker Scott Derrickson. The two collaborated for Hawke’s first pure horror feature Sinister, where he played a crime novelist being haunted by a menacing demon.
The two would later collaborate for Black Phone, where Hawke found himself playing the villain in the feature. Hawke’s character, dubbed The Grabbeir in the film, was a child abductor terrorizing his neighborhood in the 1970s.
Although the role was unlike anything Hawke had played, the actor was hesitant to do the role. Partially because of what...
- 10/1/2023
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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