Maya Hawke claims that some producers will cast actors based on the number of Instagram followers
Maya Hawk He argued that the scale of the actor’s social media following is becoming a major factor in the casting decisions of some producers and whether they can make a film.
When she recently appeared on the 26-year-old actress, daughter of Ethan Hawk and Uma Thurman, the 26-year-old actress, her parents said they had “all about protecting her privacy when she was growing up.” I remembered that I worked so hard.
However, she believes that actors are expected to share more of their lives in the age of social media, and their number of followers is becoming increasingly important to their careers.
“I think the line between actors and celebrities is very blurry,” the “Stranger” star said. “And in a way, I think celebrities are people whose personality is a draw, and what I always wanted to be was an actor whose work is a draw, not a personality. But the industry is changing. You need to keep on and realize that it changes and all of this is blurry.”
Maya Hawke said that some producers are based on casting decisions based on the actor’s Instagram follow. (Michael Buckner/Variety/Penske Media via Getty Images)
Hawk said, “There are some great, incredible actors who respect the personality we all know very well.” But she said for others, navigating the industry is “to grasp the foothold of these changing times of social media and public personality, and how difficult it is to make things. That’s what it is.”
Maya Hawk was angry at her generation of famous parents: “They really ed us.”
Hawke explained that some producers insisted that Instagram followers combined with the cast’s Instagram followers must meet a specific quota to move the project forward.
“I don’t mind Instagram. Instagram sucks. Well, well, you know, so if you have this many followers, you can make sure you can fund the movie. can” actress I said. “That’s a really confusing line.”
Hawk is the daughter of Ethan Hawk and Uma Thurman. (Bruce Glikas/Filmmagic/Getty Images)
Hawk recalls telling “so many smart directors” about how she wants to remove her Instagram account, However, they warned her that it would affect their casting decision.
“They, as you know, when I’m casting a movie with a producer, they’re sheets of a collective follower amount that I have to get the cast I’ve casted. “Give me a go, and I’ve lost those followers and I understand that these are the kind of people I need to throw around you,” she said.
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However, Hawk noted that a small number of directors are exempt from cast decisions based on cast followers.
The actress said she was warned against deleting her Instagram account. (Michael Campanella/Getty Images)
“We have these few directors. Maybe there are 10. They’re vast enough, and they showed how well they work and what they can do. I said.
“And they don’t have to have 1,000 extra BTS guys. They don’t have to take the footage and ask you to make a video where you peel your orange off the side of the set,” Hawk continues. I did.
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“You can really focus and sit there and make a movie with them,” she added. “And I have enough privileges to really work with three in my life. I was able to work with three sets like this. I was with Quentin (Tarantino) I was able to work, I was able to work with Bradley Cooper and I got it to work with Wes Anderson.”
Hawk said the cast’s collective social media could affect whether some films are being made or not. (Kristina Bumphrey/Variety via Getty Images)
In 2019, Hawk appeared in Tarantino’s comedy drama film Once Upon a Time…Hollywood. The actress appeared in Cooper’s 2023 biopic, “The Maestro,” based on her relationship with legendary conductor Leonard Bernstein and his wife Felicia Montergret. Harwe was a member of Anderson’s 2023 science fiction comedy drama “Astide City.”
Hawke currently has 8.9 million followers on Instagram.
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