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Maya Hawke: ‘I would have found a way to be an artist, even if I had been adopted’


As the child of Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, the star has had to fight off ‘nepo baby’ claims. But, after acclaimed roles in Stranger Things and Tarantino and Wes Anderson films, she’s now forging her own path with a daring folk album

“Oh, Maya Hawke is in this?” is practically a meme thanks to her small but memorable parts as a fleet-footed Manson disciple in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood, a daffy dancing-school mistress in Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City and, as Leonard Bernstein’s daughter in Bradley Cooper’s Maestro. 1kuScJrJ0ck_lxwMw2lY8V4IPRrzzA8ZX1DAhnybULag Photography : Josefina SantosWhen asked about nepotism on the Today show recently, Ethan Hawke dismissed it as “the history of mankind”, adding: “‘The apple doesn’t fall from far from the tree’ is a very old expression.”, Maya has a diplomatic point of view on the debate. An individualistic streak surges through Chaos Angel, where the poetry of 70s folk rock is orbited by modern sounds – a vocodered sea shanty here, impudent brass toots there and an occasional beat switch that suggests the entire mixing desk has been plunged underwater.

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