Jimmie Tramel

Tulsa World Scene Reporter

Ethan Hawke stars in Sterlin Harjo’s new filmed-in-Tulsa series “The Lowdown,” which premieres 8 p.m. Tuesday on FX.

What if Hawke didn’t want to be in the series?

Was there a Plan B?

Harjo, with Hawke sitting at his side, said: “Ethan is Plan A, B and C. I would have probably not done it if I couldn’t have done it with Ethan.”

With Hawke as a wing man, Harjo was able to craft a show that he has described as a love letter to Tulsa.

Asked in a recent interview to elaborate, Harjo said he loves creating and he feels like one of his jobs in life is to create sort of a mythology about places he cares about.

“As a storyteller, that’s just what I’m passionate about doing,” he said.

“And I feel like ‘Reservation Dogs’ was something where I needed

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