Hawke in the thriller Taking Lives
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"This year has been kind of difficult for me, not only personally but professionally," confesses actor Ethan Hawke, visibly skittish as he discusses his unorthodox turn in the plot-twisting thriller Taking Lives, costarring Angelina Jolie, Kiefer Sutherland, Olivier Martinez and screen veteran Gena Rowlands.
Hawke, 33, who has tried his hand as a novelist (Ash Wednesday) and director (Chelsea Walls), is referring to his recent split from actress Uma Thurman whom he married in 1998 (they have two children, Maya, five, and Levon, two) as well as to the stress of the working actor.
Amid reports that the marriage meltdown resulted from Hawke's alleged infidelity, he and Thurman had to cope with the challenges of raising their children in New York and working frequently elsewhere, notably Hollywood, for which Hawke has a well-known disdain.
Gen X Poster Boy
Despite Hollywood's embrace of the 19-year-old Hawke in 1989 for his performance in the box office hit and critical darling Dead Poets Society not to mention the 2001 Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor in Training Day Hawke holds true to the bohemian nature and independent spirit that defined him as a poster boy for the so-called Generation X in the mid-'90s.