Why Truman Show Director Quit Making Movies, According to Ethan Hawke
Ethan Hawke comments on why he thinks The Truman Show director Peter Weir quit making movies. Weir is the Australian-born director of movies like Gallipoli, Witness, The Truman Show, Master and Commander, and other artistic Hollywood classics. His last film was 2010's Oscar-nominated The Way Back with Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess, and Saoirse Ronan. Hawke starred in one of Weir's more famous films, Dead Poet's Society with Robin Williams, which won Best Screenplay for Tom Schulman.
Hawke recently appeared in Marvel's Moon Knight series on Disney+, playing the lead villain, Arthur Harrow, as well as Scott Derrickson's latest horror effort, The Black Phone, again as the lead villain character. The actor has appeared in countless films throughout his diverse career, including Reality Bites, Training Day, Boyhood, Gattaca, and many more, working with some of the biggest creative names in Hollywood. Hawke has also worked as a writer and a director, set to release a new 6-part documentary series on HBO about the late Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward titled The Last Movie Stars.
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Talking to Indiewire, Hawke was asked about why he thinks Weir hasn't made a new movie since 2010's The Way Back, and the actor gives a very honest response, saying that he thinks the director «lost interest in movies» after dealing with difficult performers, such as Russell Crowe (on Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World) and Johnny Depp (on the canceled adaptation of Shantaram). Hawke suggests that Weir works best with «director-friendly» actors, such as Harrison Ford (whom he worked with on The Mosquito Coast and Witness) and Gerard Depardieu (whom he worked with on Green Card).
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