Get the latest gossip

Ethan Hawke Looks Back on 'Before Sunrise' Premiere 30 Years Later

Ethan Hawke played Jesse Wallace in the 1995 romantic drama 'Before Sunrise'

In an interview released Wednesday, May 15, the 53-year-old actor spoke with Sirius XM’s The Jess Cagle Show about making a surprise cameo in Taylor Swift’s “Fortnight” video alongside his Dead Poets Society costar, Josh Charles, 52. As reported by Slate, the movie was inspired by a woman that writer-director Richard Linklater met in a toy shop in Philadelphia — like Jesse and Céline, the pair also spent the entire night walking the city. Despite the confusion over writing credits, Before Sunrise is the type of movie that tugs on the heartstrings of anyone who believes in fate over circumstance, love at first sight and the magic that can crackle between two people who were meant to be — if only for a moment in time.

Get the Android app