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Ethan Hawke and his daughter, Stranger Things star Maya, have collaborated on their latest film together \u2013 which saw him direct his daughter in sex scenes.<\/p>\n
However, the Oscar-nominated actor and writer, 52, insists that it wasn\u2019t weird for them at all.<\/p>\n
Maya, 25, takes on the lead role in their indie flick Wildcat, which tells the story of American writer Flannery O\u2019Connor, who died in 1964 at the age of 39, while her dad sits in the director\u2019s chair.<\/p>\n
In Wildcat, O\u2019Connor imagines acting out certain scenes from her novels and works, and that includes a quite literal role in the hay at one point.<\/p>\n
Based on her short story Good Country People, Maya as O\u2019Connor\u2019s character plays a woman with a wooden leg who has sex with a Bible salesman, portrayed by Cooper Hoffman.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s also another sequence from O\u2019Connor\u2019s short story Parker\u2019s Back, where she gets felt up in a pick up truck by a \u2018ne\u2019er do well\u2019, with Rafael Casal in the cameo role.<\/p>\n
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But Strange Way of Life actor Ethan and Maya brush any suggestion of awkwardness when it comes to those sequences under the carpet.<\/p>\n
\u2018We needed to take care of Rafael and Cooper. I think it was weird for\u00a0them<\/em>,\u2019 the Dead Poet\u2019s Society star admitted to Variety.<\/p>\n \u2018We\u00a0<\/em>were so comfortable with it. I couldn\u2019t care less.\u2019<\/p>\n Maya added: \u2018We made sure to have an intimacy coordinator on set for them. So that they felt safe and comfortable and not like they were being spied on \u2026\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018\u2026 by some creepy dad,\u2019 Ethan chimed in.<\/p>\n In Wild Cat, which the duo are free to promote during the actors\u2019 strike due to having a Sag-Aftra agreement in place, Maya is also joined by Laura Linney as O\u2019Connor\u2019s mother Regina, as well as Philip Ettinger and Vincent D\u2019Onofrio, Steve Zahn and Liam Neeson among the cameo parts.<\/p>\n Elsewhere in their interview, Ethan proudly shared that he was \u2018a nepo dad\u2019 after Maya invited him to direct her project, which she also produces, and said that it was \u2018totally fair\u2019 if someone wanted to criticise them for working together.<\/p>\n \u2018I had moments of insecurity about it while we were shooting the movie but the internet doesn\u2019t have a lot of nuances,\u2019 she stated.<\/p>\n \u2018My dad has been a massive teacher for me, and we want to work together. We like being with each other.\u2019<\/p>\n Wildcat premiered on September 1 at the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado, and is set to screen again at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11.<\/p>\n Maya is the daughter of Ethan and Kill Bill star Uma Thurman, who were married after meeting on 1997 film Gattaca, and also share son Levon, 21, together.<\/p>\n They divorced in 2005, and Ethan shares two daughters with his second wife, Ryan, who he married in 2008.<\/p>\n Asteroid City star Maya also previously revealed that she lied to her famous father the night she lost her virginity.<\/p>\n To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5video<\/p>\n \u2018I said I was going to therapy and I\u00a0really went to lose my virginity,\u2019 Maya revealed on Andy Cohen\u2019s Watch What Happens Live, when asked the worst trouble she got into with her famous parents.<\/p>\n She confirmed that her dad had been \u2018very, very upset\u2019.<\/p>\n \u2018He went, \u201cWhere were you? Where did you go?\u2019 And I said, \u201cHow am I supposed to have secrets if I can\u2019t tell lies?\u201d\u2019 she added.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n