Richard Linklater Had to Be a ‘Naggy Director’ to Get Ethan Hawke to ‘Transform’ for ‘Blue Moon’ Role: ‘If He Didn’t Know Me So Well … He Would Have Punched Me’

In order to get Ethan Hawke to transform into songwriter Lorenz Hart in “Blue Moon,” Richard Linklater had to become a “naggy director.” During a conversation at the BFI London Film Festival on Friday, Linklater discussed Hawke’s impressive performance in the film, in which he appears unrecognizable with a combover, fake teeth and standing 10 […]