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Richard Linklater Had to Be a ‘Naggy Director’ to Get Ethan Hawke to ‘Transform’ for ‘Blue Moon’ Role: ‘If He Didn’t Know Me So Well … He Would Have Punched Me’


In order to get Ethan Hawke to transform into songwriter Lorenz Hart in "Blue Moon," Richard Linklater had to become a "naggy director."

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