Ethan Hawke Says He Was “So Comfortable” Directing Daughter Maya Hawke’s Sex Scenes

There are most likely just a few issues in life you’d moderately not do together with your father round, and filming a intercourse scene in entrance of him has bought to be on the high of the record. According to Ethan Hawke and his daughter Maya Hawke, nevertheless, it was really NBD.

They labored collectively on the set of the brand new biographical drama “Wildcat,” which can premiere at Toronto’s Film Festival this 12 months; Ethan directed, whereas Maya starred within the movie as American novelist Flannery O’Connor. And although it is nothing new for members of the family to work collectively in movies and TV reveals in Hollywood — nepotism, hiya! — performing out a intercourse scene in entrance of one another is.

In the film, Maya’s character has two attractive moments: one brief intercourse scene with Cooper Hoffman, who performs Manley Pointer, and one other with Rafael Casal’s character, O.E. Parker, who feels up her boobs behind his pickup truck. (Two issues I believe we are able to all agree our dads shouldn’t be watching, a lot much less directing.)

But in an interview with Variety, the Hawkes shared that there was, someway, zero awkwardness for them.

“We have been so snug with it. I could not care much less,” Ethan mentioned. In reality, the 2 laughed about the way it was doubtless extra awkward for Hoffman and Parker. “We wanted to handle Rafael and Cooper,” Ethan mentioned. “I believe it was bizarre for them.”

Maya added, “We made certain to have an intimacy coordinator on set for them. So that they felt secure and cozy and never like they have been being spied on . . . “

” . . . by some creepy dad,” Ethan completed.

Because, in fact, nobody needs to be caught by their spouse’s father doing one thing sexual — whether or not it is being filmed or not.

Fortunately, it appears everybody on set was in a position to transfer on from the awkwardness (if there was any even current) to provide a movie that one critic says “illuminates the lifetime of Flannery O’Connor.”

And although Maya tried to chorus from calling Ethan “dad” on set to be skilled, she mentioned she nonetheless “principally referred to as him ‘dad.'”