Ethan Hawke talks playing the fire-and-brimstone abolitionist John Brown in his satirical new Showtime series 'The Good Lord Bird,' and why a Civil War-era story matters right now
. I always imagined that I would do more comedy, and the fact that I haven’t represents a lot about the way that comedies have been made in my era. The thing about comedy right now is that it’s a little broad. The old-fashioned kind of Preston Sturges comedies, the ones that I could see myself in, weren’t happening — or, I don’t know, maybe I’m not good enough. But I love comedy. Part of the secret sauce of thetrilogy is how funny Julie Delpy is.
The book is told from Onion’s point of view, so you only see Brown as Onion sees him. So how did you go about writing and playing him on a level where you could understand him from the inside? ] where I played Mikhail Bakunin. The play spans about 40 years. I was about 36, and I had to play him from 22 to 60. When I started playing the old Michael Bakunin, I found a character I’d never played before. A bombastic, Falstaff-y figure. And I realized deep into John Brown that my John Brown and my Mikhail Bakunin were definitely spiritual brothers.
I’ve been buddies with Steve Zahn for a long time, and he’s a Civil War fanatic. I mean, he’s a nut for it. I knew he would love this. I think he’s one of the most underrated actors we have. His ability to be funny teeters near genius, and it’s overshadowed, the unbelievable pathos he has as a performer. He’s a deep guy, and he’s a deep thinker. I sent him the book and he said, “I’ll play whoever you want.
When Maya went into acting, did you assume you would work with her at some point, or did you want to have some kind of personal/professional boundary?
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