Actor-Writer-Director Ethan Hawke, In What Might Be His Biggest Year Yet
This hour originally aired on Sept. 19, 2018.
With Meghna Chakrabarti
Ethan Hawke on his new film about singer-songwriter Blaze Foley.
Guest
Ethan Hawke, actor, writer, director. He’s the writer, director and producer of the new film “Blaze,” a biopic of country musician Blaze Foley.
Interview Highlights
On how he learned the story of Blaze Foley
“Funnily enough, my knowledge of Blaze Foley is totally integrated with my friendship with Ben Dickey, who plays Blaze in the movie. Our respective partners, Beth and Ryan, were best friends from the second grade. So when I was falling in love with Ryan, I had to pass through the Beth and Ben Test. I had to have dinner with Beth and Ben and get approval. I met Ben about 13 years ago, and we just became fast friends. He’s from Arkansas; I’m from Texas. We love talking about music, and sports, and art, and jokes, and Steve Martin, and all things that interested us. And I fell in love with his music. I started watching his band — he had this band the Blood Feathers in Philly, and they were amazing and I believed in them, and I would go see their shows. I was just really moved by Ben’s relationship
