Richard Linklater to reunite with Ethan Hawke for King Lear - when he's 90
"It gives me time to really think about it"
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Richard Linklater has worked with several actors across multiple films in the past; Jack Black (School of Rock, Bernie), Matthew McConaughey (Dazed and Confused, Bernie) and, of course, Boyhood oscar-winner Patricia Arquette.
No actor, however, comes close to Ethan Hawke who has worked with the Everybody Wants Some!! filmmaker a total of eight times - and it looks as if they'll be adding at least one more to that tally in the far future.
In an interview with Esquire last year, the actor said: "Richard Linklater and I are talking about doing a film of King Lear when he’s 90 and I’m 80 and it’ll be the last thing we do before we retire."
Now, speaking to The Independent, Linklater has confirmed these plans
"Yeah. We see the end game. It’s good to have a vision. [It] gives me time to really think about it," the director said. "Lear’s the big one."
Hawke's Linklater credits include The Newton Boys, Tape and 2014's Boyhood .
Reflecting on their working relationship, the director continued: "We just kind of clicked a long time ago - we’re just natural collaborators. We float stuff by each other but nothing ever comes of it; he’ll have a project and I’ll be like ‘Nah, not really my thing’ and it just ends there. We have things that we’ve been developing or working on that may or may not happen.
"Ethan’s just a guy who always has a project. We’re similar that way. So when we connect cinematically, it’s always fun."
Hawke will next be seen in Antonie Fuqua's remake of classic western The Magnificent Seven alongside Chris Pratt and Denzel Washington.
You can read our full interview with Richard Linklater, in which he discusses new film Everybody Wants Some!! and the future of his Before trilogy characters Jesse (Hawke) and Céline (Julie Delpy), here.
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