Maya Hawke attends Netflix’s ‘Maestro’ Los Angeles photo call at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 12, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.Photo:Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images
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Maya Hawke is following in her dadEthan Hawke’s movie-star footsteps.
And the actress, 25, exclusively revealed to PEOPLE the “secret” tip her father has given her while attending theMaestromovie premiere in L.A. on Tuesday.
“I like to do a thing where in every part that I play, plant a seed of truth, like some kind of little secret,” Maya tells PEOPLE as she discusses playing the role of Jamie Bernstein inMaestro— the daughter of American conductor Leonard Bernstein and Costa Rican actress Felicia Montealegre.
“Actually, my dad taught me this, just to put some kind of thing about the character that speaks to who you really are and sneak some secret message to somebody in your life or to yourself or to your shrink or whatever it is into each job you do."
She adds of her character, “this one definitely had plenty of space for that.”
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Ethan Hawke and Maya Hawke pose on the red carpet during a ceremony for the Stockholm Film Festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award 2023 at Biograf Skandia on November 10, 2023.Michael Campanella/Getty Images
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At the event — which took place at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures — Maya adds to PEOPLE that her role inMaestro,“felt very natural.”
“I could draw in a lot of my own life experience and feel what their own energy was putting forward, and what the Bernsteins lent to this film,” she says.
Maya also opened up about how she was set to meet Jamie Bernstein for the first time on Tuesday night.
Maya Hawke attends Netflix’s “Maestro” Los Angeles Photo Call at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 12, 2023.Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
“I haven’t met her yet, but I had her incredible book,Famous Father Girl, that I pored over and read to try to understand her better and understand her outlook on her family better,” Maya tells PEOPLE.
Ethan, 53, shares Maya with his ex-wife, actressUma Thurman, whom he was married to from 1998 to 2005. The former couple also share sonLevon Roan Thurman-Hawke, 21.
Meanwhile, the actor also shares daughters Clementine Jane, 15, and Indiana, 12, with his wife,Ryan Shawhughes.
source: people.com
